{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.justice.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/senator-justice-joins-first-settlement-physical-therapy-in-support-of-the-safe-act/", "Senator Justice\u00a0Joins\u00a0First Settlement Physical Therapy in Support of\u00a0the\u00a0SAFE Act", "2026-07-06", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "WV", "James C. Justice", "J000312", "www.justice.senate.gov", "justice", "https://www.justice.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "BECKLEY, WV \u2013 Today, Senator Jim Justice joined First Settlement Physical Therapy to discuss his bill, the SAFE Act.\n\n\u201cThis bill is about prevention, plain and simple. If we can help seniors stay steady on their feet, stay active, and stay independent longer, that\u2019s better for them, better for their families, and better for taxpayers too. I appreciate all the work the great therapists here at First Settlement and all across West Virginia are doing. They are helping seniors live safer, healthier, and more independent lives,\u201d said Senator Jim Justice.\n\n\u201cOn behalf of the physical therapy community, I can\u2019t say enough about Senator Justice\u2019s help with the SAFE Act. He\u2019s been front and center on this idea, and we really couldn\u2019t ask for a better advocate. This is the type of practical, commonsense idea that saves money and helps seniors stay as independent as possible. Senator Justice, as do physical therapists, believes when you have the right kind of care at the right time, you can unlock a win-win for both patients and the budget,\u201d said Simon Hargus, PT, DPT, OCS, MBA, Owner and CEO, First Settlement Physical Therapy.\n\nBACKGROUND:\n\nSenator Justice introduced the Stopping Addiction and Falls for the Elderly (SAFE) Act on July 31, 2025.\n\nThe SAFE Act allows seniors on Medicare to receive a no-cost fall risk assessment from a physical or occupational therapist as a part of their annual wellness visit so they can detect problems before someone gets hurt.\n\nHe spoke in detail about the SAFE Act during a Senate Aging Committee hearing this past May.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-07-07T08:20:12Z", "2026-07-07T08:22:09Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.justice.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/senator-justice-joins-first-settlement-physical-therapy-in-support-of-the-safe-act/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8917688392102718, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}