Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2025 has not moved since its introduction on Feb 24, 2025, with cosponsors from both parties
IntroducedFeb 24, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 68 words.
Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2025 This bill allows a physical therapist to receive payment under Medicare for services provided to the physical therapist's patients by another physical therapist through a qualifying temporary arrangement, regardless of the geographic area or population served. Currently, physical therapists may only receive payment with respect to such arrangements for services provided in medically underserved, rural, or health professional shortage areas.
Context
- Committees
- House Energy and Commerce Committee
House Ways and Means Committee - Policy area
- Health: 122 of 9,357 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.3%)
- Sponsor
- 6 of 203 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 135 words
- Subjects
- Contracts and agencyHealth care coverage and accessHealth personnelHome and outpatient careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicare
- Latest action
- Feb 24, 2025: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 119th S. 2225 Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2025 D · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]