Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3296 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3296

   To amend chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to cover, for 
   purposes of workers' compensation under such chapter, services by 
   physician assistants and nurse practitioners provided to injured 
                Federal workers, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 2, 2025

 Ms. Collins (for herself and Mr. Blumenthal) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland 
                   Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to cover, for 
   purposes of workers' compensation under such chapter, services by 
   physician assistants and nurse practitioners provided to injured 
                Federal workers, 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 ``Improving Access to Workers' 
Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS AND NURSE PRACTITIONERS IN 
              FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ACT.

    (a) Inclusion.--Section 8101 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``, other eligible 
        providers,'' after ``osteopathic practitioners'';
            (2) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraphs (18) and 
        (19);
            (3) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (20) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(21) `other eligible provider' means a nurse practitioner 
        or physician assistant within the scope of their practice as 
        defined by State law.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Chapter 81 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in section 8103(a)--
                    (A) by inserting ``or other eligible provider'' 
                after ``physician'' each place it appears; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``(or other 
                eligible providers)'' after ``physicians'';
            (2) in section 8121(6), by inserting ``or other eligible 
        provider'' after ``physician''; and
            (3) in section 8123(a)--
                    (A) by inserting ``or other eligible provider'' 
                after ``The employee may have a physician'';
                    (B) by inserting ``or other eligible provider'' 
                after ``United States and the physician''; and
                    (C) by striking ``a third physician'' and inserting 
                ``an additional physician''.
    (c) Regulations.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall finalize rules to 
carry out the amendments made by this Act.
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