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S. 3296119th CongressIn markupLatest action Aug 6, 2026Decoded by AI · checked against the record
Official title: Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2025
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S 3296 would let nurse practitioners and physician assistants handle official medical evaluations for injured federal workers.
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This bill would expand the federal workers' compensation system to recognize nurse practitioners and physician assistants as "eligible providers" who can examine, treat, and give medical opinions for injured federal employees' claims. Currently the law mainly recognizes doctors, including osteopathic physicians, for these roles. Providers would act within limits set by their state's laws, and rules on second opinions would also be updated to include them.
Federal employees injured on the job and the nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and doctors who treat them under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act.
Requiring only doctors for official evaluations can delay care for injured workers in areas where doctors are scarce but other providers are available.
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Right now: a Senate committee is reviewing it. If the House changes it, it goes back to the Senate before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.