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H.R. 1616

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 1616, the Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act, was introduced in the House on Feb 26, 2025 by Rep. Darin LaHood (R) with 60 co-sponsors. It was referred to Energy And Commerce, and last saw action on Feb 26, 2025: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Record

Text

H.R. 1616 has 60 co-sponsors.

hb1616/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 1616 IH: Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-02-26
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 1616  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   February 26, 2025   Mr. LaHood  (for himself and  Ms. Barragán ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committee on  Ways and Means , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned   A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit nurse practitioners and physician assistants to satisfy the documentation requirement under the Medicare program for coverage of certain shoes for individuals with diabetes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act  .
2.
Permitting nurse practitioners and physician assistants to satisfy Medicare documentation requirement for coverage of certain shoes for individuals with diabetes
Section 1861(s)(12) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x(s)(12) ) is amended—
(1)
in subparagraph (A), by inserting  , nurse practitioner, or physician assistant  after  physician ; and
(2)
in subparagraph (C), by inserting  , nurse practitioner, or physician assistant  after each occurrence of  physician .

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-02-26
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Feb 26, 2025

hb1616/introduced-in-house.md

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Introduced in House (02/26/2025)

Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act

This bill allows a nurse practitioner or physician assistant to fulfill documentation requirements for coverage, under Medicare, of special shoes for diabetic individuals. Under current law, such requirements may be satisfied only by a physician.

Sponsors

Rep. Darin LaHood (R) sponsors H.R. 1616, and 60 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 1616 went before 2 committees: Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce.

Ways and Means
Ways and Means
Referred To · Feb 26, 2025 · 1,160 Bills
Energy and Commerce
Energy and Commerce
Referred To · Feb 26, 2025 · 1,636 Bills

Actions

H.R. 1616 has taken 2 actions since Feb 26, 2025.

ChamberAction
Feb 26, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Feb 26, 2025
House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.Energy and Commerce Committee

Votes

H.R. 1616 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to H.R. 1616, as Identical bill.

Titles

H.R. 1616 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act — Display Title
  • Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit nurse practitioners and physician assistants to satisfy the documentation requirement under the Medicare program for coverage of certain shoes for individuals with diabetes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

6 clients hired 7 firms and 20 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 1616 in 39 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations, Medicare/Medicaid, Education, Government Issues, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Veterans, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERSTo promote support for nurse practitioners and high quality, patient centered health care.Virginia212$380K
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATESAssociation representing physician assistantsVirginia211$300K
NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR NURSINGNational health care associationDistrict of Columbia16$171K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONERSNational professional association for pediatric nurse practitionersNew Jersey16$144K
AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION—Maryland12—
SOCIETY FOR VASCULAR SURGERY—District of Columbia12—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
MASON CONSULTING, LLC212$315K
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES16—
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS16—
WHEAT SHROYER GOVERNMENT RELATIONS LLC16$380K
ERNST & YOUNG LLP (WASHINGTON COUNCIL ERNST & YOUNG)15$300K
AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION12—
SOCIETY FOR VASCULAR SURGERY12—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
GLEN MASON1212
ADAM HORGAN116
ALAN WHEAT116
ANDREA BERGMAN116
FRANKLIN HARRINGTON116
JAMES FLEISCHMANN116
JESSICA TALBERT116
JULIE SHROYER116
KRISTIN BUTTERFIELD116
MARYANNE SAPIO116
W HEUER116
COREY MCGEE115
HEATHER MEADE115
TARA BRADSHAW115
PATRICIA HITTLE113
LAURA DILLON112
LYNDON GERRON112
MEGAN MARCINKO112
SAMUEL HEWITT112
SIMIT PANDYA112

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERSAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS2025 fourth_quarter$550K4th Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERSAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS2025 first_quarter$410K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERSAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS2026 second_quarter$400K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERSAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS2026 first_quarter$400K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERSAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS2025 second_quarter$390K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERSAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS2025 third_quarter$380K3rd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$270K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$230K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATESAMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES2026 first_quarter$180K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATESAMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES2025 third_quarter$170K3rd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATESAMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES2026 second_quarter$160K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATESAMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES2025 fourth_quarter$160K4th Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATESAMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES2025 second_quarter$150K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATESAMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES2025 first_quarter$150K1st Quarter - Report
SOCIETY FOR VASCULAR SURGERYSOCIETY FOR VASCULAR SURGERY2026 first_quarter$90K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERSWHEAT SHROYER GOVERNMENT RELATIONS LLC2026 second_quarter$70K2nd Quarter - Report
SOCIETY FOR VASCULAR SURGERYSOCIETY FOR VASCULAR SURGERY2026 second_quarter$70K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERSWHEAT SHROYER GOVERNMENT RELATIONS LLC2026 first_quarter$70K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATESERNST & YOUNG LLP (WASHINGTON COUNCIL ERNST & YOUNG)2026 second_quarter$60K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATESERNST & YOUNG LLP (WASHINGTON COUNCIL ERNST & YOUNG)2026 first_quarter$60K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 1616 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 5 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 1616’s is Health.

hr1616/policy-areas.txt
HealthAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 1616 carries 5 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Digestive and metabolic diseases to Medicare.

hr1616/subjects.txt
Digestive and metabolic diseasesHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnelHealth technology, devices, suppliesMedicare

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 1616, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 2025)][House][Pages H879-H880]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LaHOOD:H.R. 1616.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:[[Page H880]]U.S. Constitution Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: Congresshas the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary andproper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, andall other Powers vested by this Constitution in theGovernment of the United States, or any Department or Officerthereof.''

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com