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Health Care for Energy Workers Act of 2025
To permit nurse practitioners and physician assistants to furnish necessary services, appliances, and supplies to individuals receiving medical benefits for illnesses.
Summary
The bill amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act to allow nurse practitioners and physician assistants to prescribe, recommend, or order medical services, appliances, and supplies for individuals receiving medical benefits under the program. The expansion applies to nurse practitioners and physician assistants acting within the scope of their practice under State law and in accordance with regulations set by the President. This broadens the healthcare providers who can furnish necessary medical benefits to energy workers receiving compensation for occupational illness.
AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.
Sponsor (1)
3 cosponsors
- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] (R-TN)
- Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] (R-MO)
- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] (D-WA)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to John W. Hickenlooper’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES $21,750
- THE WONDERFUL COMPANY $13,200
- ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ $13,200
- WALKER & DUNLOP $6,600
- BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION $6,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for John W. Hickenlooper → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jun 25, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · senate
- Jun 25, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 25 (legislative day, June 24), 2025
Mr. Hickenlooper (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, and Mrs. Murray) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To permit nurse practitioners and physician assistants to furnish necessary services, appliances, and supplies to individuals receiving medical benefits for illnesses.
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 “Health Care for Energy Workers Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO FURNISH MEDICAL BENEFITS.
Section 3629 of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7384t) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) as subsections (d) through (g), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c):
“(c) Orders by Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants.—For purposes of subsections (a) and (b), a nurse practitioner or physician assistant, acting within the scope of their practice under State law and in accordance with such regulations and instructions as the President deems necessary, may prescribe, recommend, or order services, appliances, and supplies for an individual receiving medical benefits under this section for an illness.”. <all>
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