119-s717

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 717 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 717

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand and expedite 
access to cardiac rehabilitation programs and pulmonary rehabilitation 
 programs under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 25, 2025

 Mrs. Capito (for herself and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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 A BILL

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand and expedite 
access to cardiac rehabilitation programs and pulmonary rehabilitation 
 programs under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac 
Rehabilitation Care Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. EXPANDING ACCESS TO CARDIAC REHABILITATION PROGRAMS AND 
 PULMONARY REHABILITATION PROGRAMS UNDER MEDICARE PROGRAM.

    (a) Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs.--

Section 1861

    (eee) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x

    (eee) ) is amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (2) --
        (A) in subparagraph
        (A)
            (i) , by striking ``a 
 physician's office'' and inserting ``the office 
 setting''; and
        (B) in subparagraph
            (C) , by inserting after 
 ``physician'' the following: ``(as defined in 
 subsection

    (r)

    (1) ) or a physician assistant, nurse 
 practitioner, or clinical nurse specialist (as those 
 terms are defined in subsection

    (aa)

    (5) )'';

    (2) in paragraph

    (3)
        (A) , by striking ``physician-prescribed 
 exercise'' and inserting ``exercise prescribed by a physician 
 (as defined in subsection

    (r)

    (1) ) or a physician assistant, 
 nurse practitioner, or clinical nurse specialist (as those 
 terms are defined in subsection

    (aa)

    (5) )''; and

    (3) in paragraph

    (5) , by inserting after ``physician'' the 
 following: ``(as defined in subsection

    (r)

    (1) ) or a physician 
 assistant, nurse practitioner, or clinical nurse specialist (as 
 those terms are defined in subsection

    (aa)

    (5) )''.

    (b) Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs.--

Section 1861

    (fff) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x

    (fff) ) is amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (2)
        (A) , by striking ``physician-prescribed 
 exercise'' and inserting ``exercise prescribed by a physician 
 (as defined in subsection

    (r)

    (1) ) or a physician assistant, 
 nurse practitioner, or clinical nurse specialist (as those 
 terms are defined in subsection

    (aa)

    (5) )''; and

    (2) in paragraph

    (3) , by inserting after ``physician'' the 
 following: ``(as defined in subsection

    (r)

    (1) ) or a physician 
 assistant, nurse practitioner, or clinical nurse specialist (as 
 those terms are defined in subsection

    (aa)

    (5) )''.
            (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to items and services furnished on or after the date 
that is 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act.
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