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HR 1005 112th Congress House Health Emergency medical services and trauma care Medicare Rural conditions and development

Medicare Ambulance Access Preservation Act of 2011

Introduced: March 10, 2011 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 15, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 14, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 10, 2011
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.
Mar 10, 2011
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Ambulance Access Preservation Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to increase to 6% the rate of increase in the fee schedule for ground ambulance services furnished between January 1, 2012, and January 1, 2018, in rural and urban areas.

Extends to January 1, 2018, the increase in the base rate of the fee schedule the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) is required to make for a trip in the case of ground ambulance services furnished on or after July 1, 2004, for which the transportation originates in a qualified low population density rural area.


What's happening now March 15, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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