# 119-s-717: Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2025

119-s-717, Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] (R-WV); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-717
- Congress: 119
- Title: Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-25
- Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] (R-WV)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Expands who can provide Medicare cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation.** This bill would let physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists run cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehab programs, write and sign treatment plans, and prescribe exercise in office settings. - Medicare patients: More beneficiaries could access cardiac and pulmonary rehab because services could come from more clinician types and be delivered in broader office settings. These changes would apply to items and services furnished six months after enactment. - Clinicians: Physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists would be explicitly allowed to administer rehab programs, prepare and sign treatment plans, and prescribe exercise under Medicare.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-02-25T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More rehab providers for Medicare: benefit, low. This bill would let more clinician types prescribe cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation for people on Medicare. It would allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to prescribe the exercise. It would also broaden the described office setting for cardiac rehab fr…

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## Sources
- [119-s-717 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/717)

## Related
- [119-s-4949: Water Resources Development Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4949)
- [119-s-2587: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Age…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2587)
- [119-s-4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4668)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-836: Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-836)
- [119-s-2725: STOP Act 2.0](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2725)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-717 (as of 2026-04-21).