OurCongressPublic Data • Non-Partisan
Built to help voters quickly verify how officials vote — district first, party second. All information is sourced from official public records.
← Back to bills
HR. 1517 · 119th Congress

Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2025

In committee

This bill has not become law. Status shown reflects the latest official action.

See what this could mean for your district

Save your district in Account to view district-specific context for this bill.

Set my district

Bill details

Introduced: 2/24/2025
Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Bill ID: 119hr1517
Latest action: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

Summary

Introduced in House

Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2025 This bill allows a physical therapist to receive payment under Medicare for services provided to the physical therapist's patients by another physical therapist through a qualifying temporary arrangement, regardless of the geographic area or population served. Currently, physical therapists may only receive payment with respect to such arrangements for services provided in medically underserved, rural, or health professional shortage areas.

Source: BILLSUM · Summary date: 2/24/2025

District impact notes

1 notes
NEUTRAL
3/25/2026

The Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2025 allows physical therapists to receive Medicare payments for services provided by another physical therapist through a temporary arrangement, regardless of geographic area. • This change could improve access to physical therapy services for patients in the district, especially if local providers collaborate. • Local healthcare institutions may benefit from increased flexibility in staffing and service delivery for physical therapy. • There may be questions about how these temporary arrangements will be monitored and managed to ensure quality of care. AI-generated from official bill summary and plain-English note; verify with official text.

Related votes

Roll calls that reference this bill in official data.

0 roll calls
No related roll calls found yet for this bill.

Primary sources

Official links to verify details. (No interpretation.)

Summary source label: BILLSUM
Congress.gov bill →GovInfo bill text (BILLS) →GovInfo summaries (BILLSUM) →OurCongress methodology →
About this data
  • OurCongress is non-partisan by design. We do not add political interpretation or advocacy.
  • Bill data and official summaries come from GovInfo and Congress.gov. Some bills do not have published summaries yet.
  • District impact notes (when shown) are AI-generated from official bill metadata/summaries to improve readability. They are not official government language.
  • This page updates automatically via a daily ingestion pipeline.

About this data

Non-partisan by design
OurCongress provides plain-English context without endorsements, political interpretation, or advocacy.
Official sources
Data is sourced from official government records (e.g., Congress.gov, GovInfo, Clerk of the House, and the U.S. Senate).
AI-generated text
Some sections may be AI-generated from official summaries/metadata to help readability. AI output can be imperfect—verify with primary sources.
Last updated: 3/25/2026Source: BILLSUMBill: 119hr1517Learn more →