{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-6087","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 6087","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2022","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"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.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"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."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2022"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-11-30","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-06-07","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h233","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act","result":"Passed","yea":325,"nay":83,"present":0,"not_voting":19,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll233.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.","date":"2022-06-08"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-06-07","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2022"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill expands the role of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in providing services to injured federal workers under the federal workers' compensation program."},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, under the program, nurse practitioners and physician assistants acting within the scope of their practice may (1) prescribe or recommend treatment for injured federal workers; (2) certify the nature of an injury and probable extent of disability; (3) provide prescribed treatment for injured federal workers; and (4) participate, with a physician designated by the Department of Labor, in a mandatory workers' compensation examination of an injured worker. In general, only physicians may fulfill these roles under current law."}],"words":115},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Federal Employees' Compensation Act in chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to add nurse practitioners and physician assistants as providers of services to injured Federal workers.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6087/text/eh#H0E79E3EFAD9A41DA890AB7A5B3A6B866"}]},"core_areas":["Nurse practitioners and physician assistants in Federal workers' compensation"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Defines \"other eligible provider\" in section 8101 of title 5 as a nurse practitioner or physician assistant within the scope of their practice as defined by State law.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6087/text/eh#H0E79E3EFAD9A41DA890AB7A5B3A6B866"}},{"text":"Amends the definition of \"physician\" in section 8101(3) of title 5 by inserting \"other eligible providers\" after \"osteopathic practitioners\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6087/text/eh#H0E79E3EFAD9A41DA890AB7A5B3A6B866"}},{"text":"Inserts \"or other eligible provider\" after \"physician\" in section 8103(a) of title 5 and \"or other eligible providers\" after \"physicians\" in paragraph (3) of that subsection.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6087/text/eh#H0E79E3EFAD9A41DA890AB7A5B3A6B866"}},{"text":"Inserts \"or other eligible provider\" after \"physician\" in section 8121(6) of title 5.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6087/text/eh#H0E79E3EFAD9A41DA890AB7A5B3A6B866"}},{"text":"Inserts \"or other eligible provider\" in two places in section 8123(a) of title 5, which covers the employee's physician.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6087/text/eh#H0E79E3EFAD9A41DA890AB7A5B3A6B866"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to finalize rules to carry out the amendments not later than 6 months after the date of enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6087/text/eh#H0E79E3EFAD9A41DA890AB7A5B3A6B866"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-06-07","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6087/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6087","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6087/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-6087.png","v":"728fc02b03e2","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 6087, 117th Congress: Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2022. House: 325 Yea, 83 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 7 Jun 2022."}}