A resolution authorizing the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate to conduct a blood donation drive on March 30, 2023.
- Last Action
- 3/28/2023
Actions
- 2024-12-17Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 705.
- 2024-12-17Committee 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.
- 2024-12-17Committee 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.
- 2024-09-25Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- 2023-01-30Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 2023-01-30Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2023-01-30 (00)
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)
- Susan Collins (R-ME)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- John Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
Subjects
- Disability assistance
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Health personnel
- Nursing
- Worker safety and health
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