Allow Medicare-enrolled seniors to receive a no-cost fall risk assessment from a physical or occupational therapist as part of their annual wellness visit.

James C. Justice · West Virginia · Republican

policy impact 0.55 specificity 0.90 extraction confidence 93%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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The SAFE Act would allow seniors enrolled in Medicare to receive a no-cost fall risk assessment from a physical or occupational therapist

Justice highlighted his SAFE Act, which would let Medicare seniors receive no-cost fall risk assessments from physical or occupational therapists during annual wellness visits.

Senator Justice Joins First Settlement Physical Therapy to Highlight SAFE Act
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Evidence

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Justice's Senate office said he visited First Settlement Physical Therapy to highlight the SAFE Act and stated the bill would allow Medicare seniors to receive a no-cost fall risk assessment from a physical or occupational therapist as part of the annual wellness visit.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Recent official activity shows continued advocacy, not implementation. The office describes the proposal in prospective terms and says Justice introduced it on July 31, 2025, then promoted it again in May and during 2026 recess events.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Senator Justice Joins First Settlement Physical Therapy to Highlight SAFE Act
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GovInfo's introduced bill text lists S. 2612 as introduced by Mr. Justice on July 31, 2025, read twice, and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance. The text would add falls risk assessment and fall prevention services, including services furnished by physical or occupational therapists, to Medicare wellness-related provisions.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The official bill text matches the promise but shows it as introduced legislation referred to committee, with no enacted-law status in this record. That supports an unresolved status with concrete legislative effort.

unresolved same_term A for effort

S. 2612 (IS) - Stopping Addiction and Falls for the Elderly Act
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Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. same_term A for effort

The promised Medicare fall-risk assessment benefit has not been implemented as law or policy. Justice introduced S. 2612, the SAFE Act, on July 31, 2025, and continued publicly promoting it in 2026, so there is clear same-term legislative effort that directly matches the promise. However, the bill remained referred to the Senate Finance Committee with no evidence of enactment or Medicare implementation as of August 27, 2026. Because Justice is still in the same Senate term and the legislation remains pending, this is unresolved rather than delivered or finally failed.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%