# 119-hr-1160: Health Care Provider Shortage Minimization Act of 2025

119-hr-1160, Health Care Provider Shortage Minimization Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] (R-GA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1160
- Congress: 119
- Title: Health Care Provider Shortage Minimization Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-10
- Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] (R-GA)
- Cosponsors: 9
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Creates a special non‑employee tax status for locum tenens physicians and advanced care practitioners** so short‑term medical staff can cover gaps without being treated as employees for federal tax purposes. This aims to make temporary coverage easier in areas facing provider shortages. - Locum clinicians would be treated as non‑employees for federal tax purposes when they provide temporary services at a site for no more than one continuous year, and their pay for those services would not be treated as employment income. - Hospitals, clinics, staffing agencies, and any payor that contract with qualified locum providers would not be treated as employers for those services, removing employer classification for the covered period. - To qualify a clinician must be a specified licensed professional, work under a written contract stating they are not an employee, and meet the one‑year limit; this set of rules is intended to smooth short‑term staffing in underserved areas.

## Cosponsors (9)

- Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] (R-FL), 2025-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] (R-NY), 2025-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2] (R-TX), 2025-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] (R-TX), 2025-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] (R-WI), 2025-02-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Blake D. [R-UT-1] (R-UT), 2025-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4] (R-UT), 2025-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3] (R-WI), 2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Onder, Robert F. [R-MO-3] (R-MO), 2026-07-06T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Temporary clinicians treated as contractors: mixed, high. This bill would set special tax rules for locum tenens clinicians. If you work as a temporary doctor or advanced practice clinician, you would be treated as a non-employee for these services. Your client or staffing agency would not be treated as your employer, and pay would not count as employment…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
- 119-hr-703: Main Street Tax Certainty Act
- 119-hr-38: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025
- 119-hres-719: Honoring the life and legacy of Charles Charlie James Kirk.
- 119-hr-1502: North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-1160 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1160)

## Related
- [119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1422)
- [119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3514)
- [119-hr-703: Main Street Tax Certainty Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-703)
- [119-hr-38: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-38)
- [119-hres-719: Honoring the life and legacy of Charles Charlie James Kirk.](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-719)
- [119-hr-1502: North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1502)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1160 (as of 2026-09-21).