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    <item congress="118" measure-type="hr" measure-number="4829" measure-id="id118hr4829" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2023-07-24" update-date="2024-10-08">
        <title>Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2023</title>
        <summary summary-id="id118hr4829v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2024-10-08">
            <action-date>2023-07-24</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2023</strong></p><p>This bill expands certain health professional programs and Medicare covered services to include physical therapists.</p><p>Specifically, the bill expands the National Health Service Corps to include physical therapists and provides for the designation of specific health professional target areas for physical therapists under the program. The bill also expands covered services of rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers under Medicare to include physical therapy services.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>]]></summary-text>
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