HR 3170 · introduced · significant
Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2025
- labor
What this bill does
- This bill allows nurse practitioners and physician assistants to prescribe treatment and certify injuries for federal workers' compensation cases.
- Federal workers who are injured and seek workers' compensation benefits are affected by this change in care provider options.
- The bill takes effect immediately upon passage and requires no additional federal funding to implement.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How might expanding which healthcare providers can certify federal worker injuries affect wait times and claim processing compared to the current physician-only system?
- 02
What specific concerns do federal agencies or medical professionals have about nurse practitioners and physician assistants certifying complex workplace injuries?
- 03
How could this change impact the total cost of federal workers' compensation benefits if treatment recommendations differ between physicians and nurse practitioners?
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Sponsor · R-MI-5
Tim Walberg
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
17/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-12-04
Joining the bill
Joe Courtney
D-CT-2 · original
Timothy M. Kennedy
D-NY-26
Mark B. Messmer
R-IN-8
Ryan Mackenzie
R-PA-7
Shri Thanedar
D-MI-13
Burgess Owens
R-UT-4
Michael Lawler
R-NY-17
Don Bacon
R-NE-2
Virginia Foxx
R-NC-5
Nicole Malliotakis
R-NY-11
Eleanor Holmes Norton
D-DC
James R. Walkinshaw
D-VA-11
+ 5 more
Legislative timeline
2025-12-04 · house · Calendars
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 343.
2025-12-04 · house · Committee
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-394.
2025-12-04 · Committee
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-394.
2025-06-25 · house · Committee
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 34 - 0.
2025-06-25 · house · Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
2025-05-01 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
2025-05-01 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-05-01 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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