H.R. 1616 · 119th Congress — Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act
Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act This bill allows a nurse practitioner or physician assistant to fulfill documentation requirements for coverage, under Medicare, of special shoes for diabetic individuals. Under current law, such…
- Congress
- 119
- Bill
- HR 1616
- Status
- Introduced
- Introduced
- 2025-02-26
- Latest action date
- 2025-02-26
Record overview
Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act This bill allows a nurse practitioner or physician assistant to fulfill documentation requirements for coverage, under Medicare, of special shoes for diabetic individuals. Under current law, such requirements may be satisfied only by a physician.
The recorded stage is committee referral: the named committee or committees consider the parts within their jurisdiction. Referral alone does not mean the measure has passed Congress or become law.
Latest action
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sponsors
- Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-16]
Illinois · House District 16 · Republican
Record provenance
Stored record updated: 2026-09-15. This is separate from the action date and does not establish enactment.