Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act
Latest action · Dec 17, 2024 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 705.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 30, 2023
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2023
This bill expands the role of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in providing services to injured federal workers under the federal workers' compensation program.
Specifically, under the program, nurse practitioners and physician assistants acting within the scope of their practice may (1) prescribe or recommend treatment for injured federal workers; (2) certify the nature of an injury and probable extent of disability; (3) provide prescribed treatment for injured federal workers; and (4) participate, with a physician designated by the Department of Labor, in a mandatory workers' compensation examination of an injured worker. In general, only physicians may fulfill these roles under current law.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 30, 2023 to Sep 24, 2024; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Jan 30, 2023 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Jun 1, 2023 | |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Dec 19, 2023 | |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Feb 26, 2024 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Mar 5, 2024 | |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Sep 24, 2024 | |
| D-CO | John W. Hickenlooper | Sep 24, 2024 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Sep 24, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Jan 30, 2023Markup Sep 25, 2024Reported Dec 17, 2024 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2024Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-299.
- Dec 17, 2024Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 705.
- Sep 25, 2024Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jan 30, 2023Introduced in Senate
- Jan 30, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Dec 11, 2024S. 131, Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on September 25, 2024
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 118-804 | RURAL HEALTH CARE: SUPPORTING LIVES AND IMPROVING COMMUNITIES240 pages | Finance Committee | May 16, 2024 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 618 | Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act | Related bill | Jul 5, 2024 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to cover, for purposes of workers' compensation under such chapter, services by physician assistants and nurse practitioners provided to injured Federal workers, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2023
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2024Reported to Senate
- Jan 30, 2023Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
