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S 1066 111th Congress Senate Health Emergency medical services and trauma care Medicare Rural conditions and development

Medicare Ambulance Access Preservation Act of 2009

Introduced: May 18, 2009 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 18, 2009
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Ambulance Access Preservation Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to increase to 6% permanently the rate of increase in the fee schedule for ground ambulance services furnished on or after January 1, 2010, in rural and urban areas.

Makes permanent the increase in the base rate of the fee schedule the Secretary of Health and Human Services is required to make for a trip in the case of ground ambulance services furnished on or after July 1, 2004, (and beyond January 1, 2010) for which the transportation originates in a qualified low population density rural area.

What's happening now May 18, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2443 Identical bill Medicare Ambulance Access Preservation Act of 2009
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 4 Republican 2 Independent 1
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Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · May 6, 2010
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Feb 22, 2010
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Feb 4, 2010
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Dec 8, 2009
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Jul 6, 2009
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Jun 15, 2009
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · May 18, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1066: Medicare Ambulance Access Preservation Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1066/
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