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Medicare Access to Ambulance Services Act of 2000

Introduced: July 13, 2000 See on congress.gov
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Jul 13, 2000
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 13, 2000
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Medicare Access to Ambulance Services Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to restructure the payment rates for ambulance services, air and ground, and establish a prudent layperson standard for emergency ambulance services Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to Congress on rural areas and the cost of providing ambulance services.
What's happening now July 13, 2000

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5153 Identical bill Medicare Access to Ambulance Services Act of 2000
 Bill text 1 version

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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Sep 6, 2000
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2858: Medicare Access to Ambulance Services Act of 2000. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-2858/
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"S. 2858: Medicare Access to Ambulance Services Act of 2000." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-2858/.
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S. 2858, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-2858/.
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