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HR1616Referred to Committee

Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-02-26
Introduced
55
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Darin LaHood
Darin LaHood
Republican · IL · Representative
Votes with party: 98.6% (516 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/L000585

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (55)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44)Original· 2025-02-26
  • Jefferson Van Drew (D-NJ-2)· 2025-03-11
  • Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2)· 2025-03-27
  • Sarah McBride (D-DE)· 2025-03-27
  • Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3)· 2025-03-27
  • Steve Cohen (D-TN-9)· 2025-03-31
  • Joe Wilson (R-SC-2)· 2025-04-03
  • Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37)· 2025-04-03
  • Pete Sessions (R-TX-17)· 2025-04-03
  • Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10)· 2025-04-07
  • Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1)· 2025-04-07
  • Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)· 2025-04-07
  • Gwen Moore (D-WI-4)· 2025-04-07
  • Seth Moulton (D-MA-6)· 2025-04-24
  • Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25)· 2025-04-28
  • Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1)· 2025-04-28
  • Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7)· 2025-04-28
  • Adrian Smith (R-NE-3)· 2025-04-29
  • Chris Pappas (D-NH-1)· 2025-04-29
  • Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI-8)· 2025-05-07
  • Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12)· 2025-05-13
  • Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3)· 2025-05-13
  • Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI-3)· 2025-05-19
  • Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5)· 2025-06-23
  • Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2)· 2025-06-24
  • Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1)· 2025-07-16
  • Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2)· 2025-07-17
  • Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19)· 2025-07-17
  • Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2)· 2025-07-21
  • Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1)· 2025-08-22
  • Michael Guest (R-MS-3)· 2025-08-22
  • Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7)· 2025-09-09
  • Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (R-PA-8)· 2025-09-30
  • Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2)· 2025-10-03
  • James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA-11)· 2025-10-08
  • Josh Harder (D-CA-9)· 2025-10-17
  • Randy Fine (R-FL-6)· 2025-10-24
  • Lori Trahan (D-MA-3)· 2025-11-04
  • Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1)· 2025-11-10
  • Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2)· 2025-11-20
  • Bill Foster (D-IL-11)· 2025-12-10
  • James P. McGovern (D-MA-2)· 2025-12-12
  • Joe Neguse (D-CO-2)· 2025-12-18
  • Josh Riley (D-NY-19)· 2025-12-18
  • Janelle S. Bynum (D-OR-5)· 2025-12-19
  • W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17)· 2026-01-07
  • Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6)· 2026-01-08
  • James A. Himes (D-CT-4)· 2026-01-16
  • Dusty Johnson (R-SD)· 2026-02-03
  • Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15)· 2026-04-22
  • Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12)· 2026-04-28
  • Becca Balint (D-VT)· 2026-05-14

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

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.

2025-02-26

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on Energy and CommerceReferred To · 2025-02-26
  • House Committee on Ways and MeansReferred To · 2025-02-26

Previously

  • Ways and Means CommitteeReferred To · 2025-02-26
  • Energy and Commerce CommitteeReferred To · 2025-02-26

Plain-English Summary

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.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Health
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Related legislation

Bills by the same sponsor or covering overlapping subjects.

  • HR9100Modernizing Agricultural and Manufacturing Bonds Act
    Referred to Committee · 2026-06-02
  • HR7432Fostering the Future Act
    Passed House · 2026-05-20
  • HR8933To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include dietary supplements as qualified medical expenses.
    Referred to Committee · 2026-05-20
  • HRES1171Supporting the designation of the week of April 20 through April 24, 2026, as "National Home Visiting Week".
    Referred to Committee · 2026-04-14