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Increases the Medicare payment rate by 4% for services provided by critical access hospitals in Alaska and Hawaii
STAR Act
Amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to adjust Medicare payment rates for long term care hospitals
Sustainable Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Services in the Home Act
Permanently allows Medicare beneficiaries to receive cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation services through telehealth at home
Veteran’s Choice Accountability Act
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to evaluate specialized care programs and review implementation of the VA Budget and Choice Improvement Act
Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2025
Allow Medicare payment for physical therapy services furnished under qualifying temporary arrangements without geographic or population limits
Protecting Seniors and Stopping Fraudsters Act
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 16.
SAFE Act
Incorporates fall risk assessments and prevention services for older adults into Medicare wellness visits and preventive exams
A resolution designating November 2025 as "National Hospice and Palliative Care Month".
Designates November 2025 as National Hospice and Palliative Care Month to recognize hospice and palliative care services
SAFE STEPS for Veterans Act of 2025
Require the Department of Veterans Affairs to strengthen falls prevention services through a dedicated office, updated mobility policies, risk assessments, and review of home safety improvements for veterans
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand practitioners eligible to furnish telehealth services under the Medicare program.
Permanently expands Medicare telehealth eligibility to let audiologists and certain therapy practitioners furnish covered services
SAFE STEPS for Veterans Act of 2025
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to strengthen falls prevention in veterans health care through a dedicated office, training updates, risk assessments, and review of home safety changes
Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2025
Allows Medicare payment for physical therapy services delivered through qualifying temporary therapist arrangements in any geographic area
Sustainable Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Services in the Home Act
Permanently allows Medicare beneficiaries to receive cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation services by telehealth in the home
I CAN Act
Allows nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other nonphysician clinicians to perform certain Medicare and Medicaid documentation, supervision, and certification duties
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relating to "Medicare Program; Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Rate Update; HH Quality Reporting Program Requirements; HH Value-Based Purchasing Expanded Model Requirements; Home Intravenous Immune Globulin (IVIG) Items and Services Rate Update; and Other Medicare Policies".
Nullifies a CMS rule setting 2025 Medicare home health payment rates and related home health reporting and value based purchasing requirements
Supporting Our Seniors Act
Establishes a federal seniors support initiative under the Supporting Our Seniors Act
Protecting America’s Seniors’ Access to Care Act
Prohibits enforcement of the 2024 CMS long term care staffing rule covering nursing home nurse minimums and Medicaid payment transparency reporting
Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act
Establishes workplace violence prevention requirements for health care and social service workers
Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act
Require the Department of Labor to issue a workplace violence prevention standard for health care and social service employers, including Medicare participating facilities
Long-Term Care Transparency Act
Require the Administration on Aging to give Congress annual aggregated and summarized reports on state long-term care ombudsman findings about conditions and complaints in long-term care facilities
Hospice Recertification Flexibility Act
Extends through 2027 Medicare hospice recertification telehealth use for required face to face patient encounters, with limits tied to fraud oversight and provider status
Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act
Expand education and workforce training programs for palliative care and hospice services
Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act
Expand education and training in palliative care and hospice services through a dedicated federal act
Protecting Rural Seniors’ Access to Care Act
Protects rural seniors' access to care by preserving health care availability for Medicare patients in rural areas
Protecting Rural Seniors’ Access to Care Act
Prohibit enforcement of the 2024 CMS nursing home staffing and Medicaid payment transparency rule while requiring an HHS advisory panel on the nursing home workforce
Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2025
Expands Medicare coverage of cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation by allowing certain advanced practice clinicians to run these programs in their offices
Veterans’ ACCESS Act of 2025
Establishes statutory access and notification rules for veterans to receive community care and updates VA mental health screening and appointment management systems
Living Donor Protection Act of 2025
Prohibits insurance carriers from discriminating against living organ donors, protects medical leave during donation recovery, and updates donor education materials
SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025
Reauthorizes through FY2030 and revises a broad set of federal substance use disorder, overdose, and mental health prevention, treatment, and recovery programs, while adding targeted requirements on data, cybersecurity, grant use, and controlled substance practices
Veterans’ Assuring Critical Care Expansions to Support Servicemembers (ACCESS) Act of 2025
Establishes veterans' access and notice rules for Community Care Program eligibility and updates VA mental health screening, appeals, and appointment management systems
Words Matter Act of 2025
Establishes a federal measure titled the Words Matter Act of 2025 without further specific policy details in the available bill metadata
A resolution designating June 15, 2026, as "World Elder Abuse Awareness Day" and the month of June 2026 as "Elder Abuse Awareness Month".
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4200; text: CR S4195-4196)
A resolution designating June 15, 2025, as "World Elder Abuse Awareness Day" and the month of June 2025 as "Elder Abuse Awareness Month".
Designates June 15, 2025, as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day and June 2025 as Elder Abuse Awareness Month to recognize elder abuse awareness
Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
Modify veterans benefits, health care, education assistance, community care, and VA operations, including compensation changes for disabled veterans and survivors
CAREER Act of 2025
Establishes the CAREER Act of 2025 as a banking and housing policy measure for committee consideration
Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
Reauthorizes through FY2030 and updates Older Americans Act programs for senior services, nutrition, elder justice, and aging policy coordination
Representing our Seniors at VA Act of 2026
Expands the Veterans Health Administration Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee to add a licensed state veterans home nursing home administrator and require consultation with the National Association of State Veterans Homes
Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.
Appropriates fiscal year 2027 funding for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related veterans and defense agencies, while setting conditions on use of the funds
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require that domiciliary facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs and State homes that provide housing to veterans have resident advocates.
Requires VA domiciliary facilities and VA-funded state veterans homes to have resident advocates for veterans in housing care settings
Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026
Reauthorizes through FY2031 and modifies Department of Agriculture programs covering commodity support, conservation, nutrition assistance, crop insurance, and related farm and food security activities