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A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide Secretarial authority to temporarily waive or modify application of certain Medicare requirements with respect to ambulance services…

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A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide Secretarial authority to temporarily waive or modify application of certain Medicare requirements with respect to ambulance services furnished during certain emergency periods.

Introduced: February 2, 2021 Introduced by: Cortez Masto, Catherine Democratic · Nevada See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 117th Congress ended
It never became law before the 117th Congress (2021–2022) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 2, 2021
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 February 2, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 2
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  • HR 1609 Related bill Treatment in Place Act
 Bill text 1 version

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Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Feb 2, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 149: A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide Secretarial authority to temporarily waive or modify application of certain Medicare requirements with respect to ambulance services furnished during certain emergency periods.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-149/
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"S. 149: A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide Secretarial authority to temporarily waive or modify application of certain Medicare requirements with respect to ambulance services furnished during certain emergency periods.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-149/.
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S. 149, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-149/.
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[S. 149: A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide Secretarial authority to temporarily waive or modify application of certain Medicare requirements with respect to ambulance services furnished during certain emergency periods.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-149/)
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