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HR 4122 Cleared committee

Allows nurse practitioners and physician assistants to order medical services, appliances, and supplies for energy workers receiving illness benefits under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act.

Official title: Health Care for Energy Workers Act of 2025

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 25-JUN-2025
Referred 25-JUN-2025
Approved by committee 25-JUN-2026
Key points
  • Lets nurse practitioners and physician assistants prescribe, recommend, or order services, appliances, and supplies for workers receiving medical benefits for an illness.
  • Limits this authority to care within each practitioner's scope of practice under state law and to any regulations and instructions the President deems necessary.
  • Amends Section 3629 of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) as (d) through (g) and adding a new subsection (c).
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Committee referrals (2) Policy area

Labor and Employment

Sponsor Rick W. Allen (R-GA) Cosponsors · 7
■ 5 R■ 2 D
2 Democrats