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Medicare Ambulance Payment Reform Act of 2001

Introduced: October 12, 2001 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Oct 31, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 29, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 12, 2001
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.
Oct 12, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Medicare Ambulance Payment Reform Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise requirements for payment for ambulance services concerning: (1) the establishment of a fee schedule; and (2) the coding system specifying the medical condition of the individual transported by an ambulance and the appropriate level of transportation service.

Amends SSA titles XVIII (Medicare) (including part C (Medicare+Choice) of the Medicare program) and XIX (Medicaid) to establish a prudent layperson standard for justification of emergency ambulance services under Medicare and Medicaid.

What's happening now October 31, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1350 Identical bill Medicare Ambulance Payment Reform Act of 2001
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 9 Republican 3 Independent 1
R
Calvert, Ken
California · Sep 26, 2002
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Sep 11, 2002
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Jun 19, 2002
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jun 19, 2002
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jun 11, 2002
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jun 4, 2002
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jun 4, 2002
 R
Thune, John
South Dakota · May 14, 2002
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · May 7, 2002
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Apr 17, 2002
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Oct 12, 2001
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Oct 12, 2001
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Oct 12, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3109: Medicare Ambulance Payment Reform Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3109/
MLA
"H.R. 3109: Medicare Ambulance Payment Reform Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3109/.
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H.R. 3109, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3109/.
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