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Sponsor and clinicians push bill to cap physical‑therapy copays at primary‑care levels
House Committee on Health and Human Services · February 10, 2026
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Summary
H 7429 would limit patient cost‑sharing for physical therapy to amounts authorized for primary care visits, aiming to reduce per‑visit financial barriers that providers say deter course completion and increase downstream costs.
Providence — Representative Bennett described H 7 429, a bill to limit copayments, coinsurance and deductibles for physical‑therapy visits to the same amounts that apply to primary‑care physician visits.
Physician and therapy witnesses told the Committee that routine co‑pays — quoted in…
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