Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2025
- Last Action
- 12/4/2025
Actions
- 2025-12-04Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 343.
- 2025-12-04Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-394.
- 2025-12-04Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-394.
- 2025-06-25Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 34 - 0.
- 2025-06-25Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- 2025-05-01Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- 2025-05-01Introduced in House
- 2025-05-01Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2025-12-04 (07)
Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2025
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 (17)
- Joe Courtney (D-CT)
- Timothy Kennedy (D-NY)
- Mark Messmer (R-IN)
- Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA)
- Shri Thanedar (D-MI)
- Burgess Owens (R-UT)
- Michael Lawler (R-NY)
- Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
- Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY)
- Eleanor Norton (D-DC)
- Don Bacon (R-NE)
- James Walkinshaw (D-VA)
- Eugene Vindman (D-VA)
- Bill Huizenga (R-MI)
- Randy Fine (R-FL)
- Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA)
- Donald Norcross (D-NJ)
Subjects
- Disability assistance
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Health personnel
- Nursing
- Worker safety and health
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