# 119-hr-4204: Medicare Patient Choice Act

119-hr-4204, Medicare Patient Choice Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11] (R-PA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4204
- Congress: 119
- Title: Medicare Patient Choice Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-06-26
- Sponsor: Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11] (R-PA)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Expands who Medicare beneficiaries can designate as their provider.** This bill would add therapists and qualified audiologists to the list of professionals beneficiaries can name under Medicare's section 1802(b). - Beneficiaries: Gives Medicare patients clearer access to designate therapists and audiologists for covered services, which may make it easier to receive physical, occupational, speech, and audiology care. - Therapists and audiologists: Allows qualified physical therapists, qualified occupational therapists, qualified speech language pathologists, and qualified audiologists to be named as designated providers for payment under the cited Medicare rule. - Medicare rules and providers: Revises multiple references inside section 1802(b) and adds definitions so the new provider types are recognized consistently across that part of the statute.

## Cosponsors (6)

- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC), 2025-06-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1] (R-OK), 2025-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fields, Cleo [D-LA-6] (D-LA), 2025-08-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-08-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] (R-WI), 2025-12-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] (R-PA), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More Medicare choice of therapists, audiologists: benefit, low. If enacted, this bill would let Medicare patients pick from more types of clinicians for certain services. You could choose a physical therapist, occupational therapist, speech-language pathologist, or qualified audiologist, not just a doctor or other practitioner. This change would expand provider…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1151: Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-1340: More Homes on the Market Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-4204 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4204)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3514)
- [119-hr-1151: Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1151)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-1340: More Homes on the Market Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1340)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4204 (as of 2026-04-21).