House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements under Medicare.
Sponsor: Rep. Gus Bilirakis R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 24, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 24, 2025 — 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.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1517.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BILIRAKIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 36, February 24, 2025, Page H769):This bill is enacted pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 24, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 106 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1517, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1517
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 17, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
63 cosponsors — 21 Republicans, 42 Democrats
42 of 63 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Becca Balint (D-VT), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), André Carson (D-IN), Earl Carter (R-GA), Troy Carter (D-LA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Herbert Conaway (D-NJ), Jason Crow (D-CO), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Donald Davis (D-NC), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Josh Harder (D-CA), J. Hill (R-AR), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Mike Kennedy (R-UT), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Young Kim (R-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and 33 more.
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Sponsor’s state and district
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