House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment program, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand Medicare Rural Health Clinic Services and Federally Qualified Health Center Services to include physical therapy services, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Diana DeGette D-COWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 30, 2025
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Latest action: Sep 30, 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. 5621.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DeGETTE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 160, September 30, 2025, Page H4509):Article 1 Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 30, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- 53 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5621, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5621
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
33 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 30 Democrats
3 of 33 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Don Bacon (R-NE), Becca Balint (D-VT), André Carson (D-IN), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Angie Craig (D-MN), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Donald Davis (D-NC), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), H. Griffith (R-VA), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Josh Harder (D-CA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Josh Riley (D-NY), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Greg Stanton (D-AZ) and 3 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.