Health Care for Energy Workers Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4122 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4122

   To permit nurse practitioners and physician assistants to furnish
 necessary services, appliances, and supplies to individuals receiving
                    medical benefits for illnesses.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 25, 2025

Mr. Allen (for himself and Mrs. McBath) introduced the following bill;
 which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition
    to the Committee on Education and Workforce, 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

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                                 A BILL

   To permit nurse practitioners and physician assistants to furnish
 necessary services, appliances, and supplies to individuals receiving
                    medical benefits for illnesses.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Health Care for Energy Workers Act
of 2025''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO FURNISH MEDICAL BENEFITS.

    Section 3629 of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7384t) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) as
        subsections (d) through (g), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new
        subsection (c):
    ``(c) Orders by Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants.--For
purposes of subsections (a) and (b), a nurse practitioner or physician
assistant, acting within the scope of their practice under State law
and in accordance with such regulations and instructions as the
President deems necessary, may prescribe, recommend, or order services,
appliances, and supplies for an individual receiving medical benefits
under this section for an illness.''.
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