S 717
Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2025
Summary
Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2025 This bill expands coverage of cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs under Medicare. Specifically, the bill allows physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to administer these programs in their offices, prepare and sign treatment plans, and prescribe exercise.
Bill status
- Status
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito [R-WV]
- Cosponsors
- 1
- Policy area
- Health
- Introduced
- 2025-02-25
- Latest action
- 2025-02-25: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2025-02-25: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- 2025-02-25: Introduced in Senate