Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Government Operations, Environment.
Who Benefits and How
health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HA0B191D93C18435D9DBD6ED312861F9E: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2026.
- Section HF9B85A141109448F908CC5D97E99D3FF: 2. National Health Service Corps; participation of physical therapists in loan repayment program Section 331(a)(3)(D) of the Public Health Service Act (42...
- Section HC2057D63AB4445059A2219A8B044C895: 3. Additional funding for participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program Section 10503(b)(2)(L) of the...
- Section H876148D463404D8DB08DF757F3AC5419: 4. Expanding Medicare Rural Health Clinic Services and Federally Qualified Health Center Services to include physical therapy services Section 1861(aa) of the...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Government Operations, Environment
Primary Purpose
This bill, Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Heinrich (for himself and Mr. Rounds) introduced the following …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
- "the_administrator"
- → The Administrator identified in the operative section
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