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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION 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.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY25, 2025
Mrs. C
APITO(for herself and Ms. KLOBUCHAR) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
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 Medi-
care program, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Increasing Access to 4
Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2025’’. 5
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SEC. 2. EXPANDING ACCESS TO CARDIAC REHABILITATION 1
PROGRAMS AND PULMONARY REHABILITA-2
TION PROGRAMS UNDER MEDICARE PRO-3
GRAM. 4
(a) C
ARDIACREHABILITATIONPROGRAMS.—Section 5
1861(eee) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 6
1395x(eee)) is amended— 7
(1) in paragraph (2)— 8
(A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ‘‘a 9
physician’s office’’ and inserting ‘‘the office set-10
ting’’; and 11
(B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting after 12
‘‘physician’’ the following: ‘‘(as defined in sub-13
section (r)(1)) or a physician assistant, nurse 14
practitioner, or clinical nurse specialist (as 15
those terms are defined in subsection (aa)(5))’’; 16
(2) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘physician- 17
prescribed exercise’’ and inserting ‘‘exercise pre-18
scribed by a physician (as defined in subsection 19
(r)(1)) or a physician assistant, nurse practitioner, 20
or clinical nurse specialist (as those terms are de-21
fined in subsection (aa)(5))’’; and 22
(3) in paragraph (5), by inserting after ‘‘physi-23
cian’’ the following: ‘‘(as defined in subsection 24
(r)(1)) or a physician assistant, nurse practitioner, 25
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or clinical nurse specialist (as those terms are de-1
fined in subsection (aa)(5))’’. 2
(b) P
ULMONARYREHABILITATIONPROGRAMS.—Sec-3
tion 1861(fff) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 4
1395x(fff)) is amended— 5
(1) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘physician- 6
prescribed exercise’’ and inserting ‘‘exercise pre-7
scribed by a physician (as defined in subsection 8
(r)(1)) or a physician assistant, nurse practitioner, 9
or clinical nurse specialist (as those terms are de-10
fined in subsection (aa)(5))’’; and 11
(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting after ‘‘physi-12
cian’’ the following: ‘‘(as defined in subsection 13
(r)(1)) or a physician assistant, nurse practitioner, 14
or clinical nurse specialist (as those terms are de-15
fined in subsection (aa)(5))’’. 16
(c) E
FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 17
this section shall apply with respect to items and services 18
furnished on or after the date that is 6 months after the 19
date of enactment of this Act. 20
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