S3296-119

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2025.

2. Inclusion of physician assistants and nurse practitioners in Federal Employees’ Compensation Act Section 8101 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (3), by inserting , other eligible providers, after osteopathic practitioners; by striking and at the end of paragraphs (18) and (19); by striking the period at the end of paragraph (20) and inserting ; and; and by adding at the end the following: other eligible provider means a nurse practitioner or physician assistant within the scope of their practice as defined by State law. Chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— in section 8103(a)— by inserting or other eligible provider after physician each place it appears; and in paragraph (3), by inserting (or other eligible providers) after physicians; in section 8121(6), by inserting or other eligible provider after physician; and in section 8123(a)— by inserting or other eligible provider after The employee may have a physician; by inserting or other eligible provider after United States and the physician; and by striking a third physician and inserting an additional physician. Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall finalize rules to carry out the amendments made by this Act. (21)other eligible provider means a nurse practitioner or physician assistant within the scope of their practice as defined by State law..