H.R. 2172 · 119th Congress

Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act

Introduced on Mar 18, 2025 by Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16). 30 cosponsors, 18 of them from another party. Latest action (Mar 18, 2025): 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.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Mar 18, 2025
Cosponsors
30
18 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify congressional intent and preserve patient access to home infusion therapy under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Mar 18, 2025). Public domain.

Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act

This bill specifically includes pharmacy services and home infusion drugs that are administered without a pump as part of covered home infusion therapy under Medicare. The bill also allows nurses and physician assistants to establish and review the plan of care for home infusion therapy, and it specifies that payment may be made regardless of whether a practitioner is physically present in the home at the time the drug is administered.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Vern BuchananR-FL-16Sponsor

Democrats · 18

Republicans · 12

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Mar 18, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Mar 18, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Mar 18, 2025 · HouseReferred 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.
  4. Mar 18, 2025 · HouseReferred 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.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. Grifols Shared Services North America, Inc.7 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)
  2. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS6 reports
    $2.5M reported (all issues)
  3. Option Care Enterprises, Inc.6 reports
    $240K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: OPTION CARE ENTERPRISES INCAI match · 93%
  4. PREMIER INC.6 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  5. National Home Infusion Association3 reports
    $240K reported (all issues)
  6. AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $500K reported (all issues)
  7. National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners2 reports
    $48K reported (all issues)
  8. BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES1 report
    $220K reported (all issues)
  9. CorMedix Inc.1 report
    $150K reported (all issues)
  10. RESCARE, INC. DBA BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES LEGACY FUND1 report
    $60K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: RES-CARE, INC$1.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  11. THE ALS ASSOCIATION1 report
    $30K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.