,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cagj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #a1 #bjbe,mr4   
,walberg 7for himself and ,mr4          
,courtney7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,education and ,workforce 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend chapter #ha of     
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 to     
cover1 for purposes of workers'         
compensation under such chapter1        
services by physician assistants and    
nurse practitioners provided to injured 
,federal workers1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,improving ,access  
to ,workers' ,compensation for ,injured 
,federal ,workers ,act4  #b4 ,inclusion 
of physician assistants and nurse       
practitioners in ,federal ,employees'   
,compensation ,act  7a7 ,inclusion      
,section #haja of title #e1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in    
paragraph 7#c71 by inserting 1 other    
eligible providers1 after osteopathic   

practitioners2  7#b7 by striking and at 
the end of paragraphs 7#ah7 and 7#ai72  
7#c7 by striking the period at the end  
of paragraph 7#bj7 and inserting 2 and2 
and  7#d7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7#ba7 other eligible        
provider means a nurse practitioner or  
physician assistant within the scope of 
their practice as defined by ,state law4
  4  7b7 ,conforming amendments ,chapter
 #ha of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1
 is amended--  7#a7 in section          
#hajc7;a7-- 7,a7 by inserting or other  
eligible provider after physician each  
place it appears2 and  7,b7 in paragraph
 7#c71 by inserting or other eligible   
providers after physicians2  7#b7 in    
section #haba7f71 by inserting or other 
eligible provider after physician2 and  
7#c7 in section #habc7;a7-- 7,a7 by     
inserting or other eligible provider    
after ,the employee may have a          
physician2 and  7,b7 by inserting or    
other eligible provider after ,united   
,states and the physician4  7c7         

,regulations ,not later than #f months  
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,secretary of ,labor shall    
finalize rules to carry out the         
amendments made by this ,act4