S.Amdt. 6300

SA 6300. Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. Blumenthal) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. INCLUSION OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS AND NURSE
PRACTITIONERS IN FEDERAL EMPLOYEES'
COMPENSATION ACT.

(a) Inclusion.--Section 8101 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``, other eligible
providers,'' after ``osteopathic practitioners'';
(2) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraphs (18) and
(19);
(3) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (20)
and inserting ``; and''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(21) `other eligible provider' means a nurse
practitioner or physician assistant within the scope of their
practice as defined by State law.''.

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(b) Conforming Amendments.--Subchapter I of chapter 81 of
title 5, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in section 8103(a)--
(A) by inserting ``or other eligible provider'' after
``physician'' each place that term appears; and
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``(or other eligible
providers)'' after ``physicians'';
(2) in section 8121(6), by inserting ``or other eligible
provider'' after ``physician''; and
(3) in section 8123(a)--
(A) by inserting ``or other eligible provider'' after
``The employee may have a physician'';
(B) by inserting ``or other eligible provider'' after
``United States and the physician''; and
(C) by striking ``a third physician'' and inserting ``an
additional physician''.
(c) Regulations.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall
finalize rules to carry out the amendments made by this
section.
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