HR 1609
117th Congress
House
Health
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicare
Motor vehicles
Transportation costs
Treatment in Place Act
Introduced: March 8, 2021
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 9, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 8, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 8, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 8, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Treatment in Place Act
This bill allows for Medicare payment of ground ambulance services that did not result in the actual transport of an individual to a permitted facility, if the lack of transport was due to community-wide COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) protocols for emergency medical services during the public health emergency.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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