SAFE Act
Sponsored By: Representative Miller (WV)
Introduced
Summary
Adds falls risk assessments and PT/OT coverage to Medicare wellness exams. This bill would let people who fell in the prior year receive falls risk assessments and fall prevention services from physical therapists and occupational therapists during the Annual Wellness Visit and the Initial Preventive Physical Examination.
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- Seniors and families: People who have fallen in the previous year would get a falls risk check and prevention services as part of Medicare preventive care. Coverage changes would apply to services furnished on or after January 1, 2026.
- Therapists and providers: Physical therapists and occupational therapists would be authorized to furnish separate falls risk assessments and fall prevention services for qualifying beneficiaries at the Annual Wellness Visit.
- Preventive exam coverage: Outpatient physical therapy and occupational therapy services would be covered under the Initial Preventive Physical Examination for individuals a physician determines fell in the prior year.
- Congress and public health: The HHS Secretary would report annually to Congress beginning January 1, 2027 using CDC data on falls among people aged 65 and older who were treated for fall related pain or injury and describe year to year changes.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
More Medicare fall prevention help for seniors
If enacted, Medicare would add extra fall checks for people a doctor says fell in the past year. Starting January 1, 2026, your Annual Wellness Visit would include a falls risk check and fall prevention services. A physical or occupational therapist could give a separate falls risk check and prevention service. Your Welcome to Medicare visit could also cover outpatient physical or occupational therapy after a fall. You must be on Medicare and have a physician determine you fell in the previous calendar year.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Miller (WV)
WV • R
Cosponsors
Stansbury
NM • D
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Davids (KS)
KS • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Carey
OH • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Van Duyne
TX • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Van Drew
NJ • R
Sponsored 2/25/2025
Pocan
WI • D
Sponsored 2/25/2025
Hern (OK)
OK • R
Sponsored 3/3/2025
Bacon
NE • R
Sponsored 3/3/2025
McBride
DE • D
Sponsored 3/5/2025
Tlaib
MI • D
Sponsored 3/10/2025
Malliotakis
NY • R
Sponsored 3/31/2025
Nehls
TX • R
Sponsored 3/31/2025
Tenney
NY • R
Sponsored 4/3/2025
McDonald Rivet
MI • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Bonamici
OR • D
Sponsored 4/28/2025
Kennedy (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 5/20/2025
Harder (CA)
CA • D
Sponsored 6/2/2025
Tokuda
HI • D
Sponsored 6/9/2025
Quigley
IL • D
Sponsored 7/2/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Titus
NV • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Carter (GA)
GA • R
Sponsored 7/17/2025
Riley (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 7/17/2025
Suozzi
NY • D
Sponsored 7/21/2025
Fitzpatrick
PA • R
Sponsored 7/22/2025
Shreve
IN • R
Sponsored 7/22/2025
Sorensen
IL • D
Sponsored 8/19/2025
Gottheimer
NJ • D
Sponsored 8/26/2025
Fields
LA • D
Sponsored 8/26/2025
Davis (NC)
NC • D
Sponsored 9/2/2025
Lieu
CA • D
Sponsored 9/3/2025
Kennedy (UT)
UT • R
Sponsored 9/4/2025
Vindman
VA • D
Sponsored 9/15/2025
Budzinski
IL • D
Sponsored 9/26/2025
Bresnahan
PA • R
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Sherrill
NJ • D
Sponsored 10/6/2025
Subramanyam
VA • D
Sponsored 10/6/2025
Magaziner
RI • D
Sponsored 10/8/2025
Ross
NC • D
Sponsored 10/8/2025
Kean
NJ • R
Sponsored 10/28/2025
Bynum
OR • D
Sponsored 11/4/2025
Min
CA • D
Sponsored 11/7/2025
Vasquez
NM • D
Sponsored 11/17/2025
Krishnamoorthi
IL • D
Sponsored 11/18/2025
Hayes
CT • D
Sponsored 11/25/2025
Carson
IN • D
Sponsored 12/1/2025
Larson (CT)
CT • D
Sponsored 12/1/2025
Rescom. Hernández, Pablo Jose [D-PR-At Large]
PR • D
Sponsored 12/5/2025
Gonzalez, V.
TX • D
Sponsored 1/14/2026
Neguse
CO • D
Sponsored 1/20/2026
Meuser
PA • R
Sponsored 2/2/2026
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