Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2025
Latest action · Sep 30, 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.
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.
- IntroducedSep 30, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2025
This bill expands certain health professional programs and Medicare covered services to include physical therapists.
Specifically, the bill expands the National Health Service Corps to include physical therapists and provides for the designation of specific health professional target areas for physical therapists under the program. The bill also expands covered services of rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers under Medicare to include physical therapy services.
The bill increases funds for FY2025 for the corps and requires a certain amount of funds to be used for student loan repayments for participating physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program.
Cosponsors 35
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 30, 2025 to Nov 11, 2026; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-VA | H. Morgan Griffith | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Feb 10, 2026 | |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Feb 11, 2026 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Feb 11, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Feb 11, 2026 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Feb 20, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Feb 20, 2026 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Feb 24, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Mar 4, 2026 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Mar 4, 2026 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Mar 5, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Mar 17, 2026 | |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Mar 24, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Apr 9, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Apr 13, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Apr 22, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Josh Riley | Apr 22, 2026 | |
| D-VT | Becca Balint | Apr 27, 2026 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Apr 27, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Apr 27, 2026 | |
| D-LA | Cleo Fields | Apr 29, 2026 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | May 11, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Adelita S. Grijalva | May 13, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | May 13, 2026 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | May 20, 2026 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | May 20, 2026 | |
| D-VA | James R. Walkinshaw | May 29, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Jun 3, 2026 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Jun 10, 2026 | |
| R-SD | Dusty Johnson | Jun 15, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Jun 18, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Sep 8, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Sep 24, 2026 | |
| D-NM | Gabe Vasquez | Oct 22, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Nov 11, 2026 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Sep 30, 2025 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Sep 30, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 30, 2025Introduced in House
- Sep 30, 2025Referred 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.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 160, September 30, 2025, page H4509.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment program, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand Medicare Rural Health Clinic Services and Federally Qualified Health Center Services to include physical therapy services, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 30, 2025Introduced in House
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.
