Ensure that medical professionals can practice and be reimbursed for the services they are licensed to provide.

Second, we need to make sure that every medical professional is allowed to practice – and be reimbursed – for the services they are licensed to provide.

Commits to protecting scope of practice and reimbursement for licensed medical professionals.

Health Care Workforce | Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky
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the FDA to consult with the disability community and manufacturers throughout the process

Reintroduced legislation directing the FDA to establish and enforce nonvisual accessibility standards for home-use medical devices, with consultation from the disability community and manufacturers.

Schakowsky Introduces Legislation to Guarantee Home-Use Medical Devices are Accessible to Blind and Low Vision Americans | Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky
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Schakowsky's office says every medical professional should be able to practice and be reimbursed for licensed services, and says the Affordable Care Act included improvements in this area.

Establishes the promise as an official Schakowsky health-care-workforce position, while framing the Affordable Care Act as a partial response rather than a complete proof of fulfillment.

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Health Care Workforce | Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky
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ACA Section 2706 bars group health plans and issuers from discriminating in participation against providers acting within state licensure, but also preserves network discretion and allows varying reimbursement rates based on quality or performance.

The enacted ACA created a provider nondiscrimination rule that addresses the promise in private coverage, but its explicit exceptions mean it does not ensure universal participation or equal reimbursement for every licensed professional.

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H.R.3590 Text - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 2706
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The House Clerk records Roll Call 165 as passing H.R.3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, 219-212; Janice Schakowsky of Illinois voted Aye.

Schakowsky took concrete legislative action for the ACA, the law containing Section 2706's provider nondiscrimination provision.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
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DOL, HHS, and Treasury restated that Section 2706 does not require plans to contract with every willing provider and does not bar varying reimbursement rates based on quality or performance; enforcement was based on good-faith reasonable interpretation until further guidance.

Federal implementation guidance confirms the ACA provision was limited and not a full guarantee that all licensed professionals could practice in networks or receive reimbursement for all licensed services.

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FAQs about Affordable Care Act Implementation (Part XXVII)
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The Spring 2025 Unified Agenda lists the provider nondiscrimination rule as a Long-Term Action, with an NPRM date to be determined, despite a statutory proposed-rule deadline of January 1, 2022.

As of the latest available federal regulatory agenda found, full rulemaking to implement provider nondiscrimination remained incomplete, supporting a partial rather than delivered outcome.

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Unified Agenda: Provider Nondiscrimination Requirements for Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Issuers
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Congress.gov describes H.R.794, sponsored by Schakowsky, as a bill to treat clinical psychologists as physicians for Medicare purposes when acting within their licensed scope; its status was Introduced, not enacted.

Schakowsky introduced a concrete bill aimed at allowing a provider class to practice and be reimbursed under Medicare within licensure, but the bill did not become law.

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H.R.794 - Clinical Psychologists as Physicians for Medicare Purposes
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