S 2037
117th Congress
Senate
Health
Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Medicare
Motor vehicles
Rural conditions and development
Small towns
Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2021
Introduced: June 10, 2021
Introduced by:
Cortez Masto, Catherine
Democratic
· Nevada
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 10, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 10, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2021
This bill modifies Medicare payment of ground ambulance services in rural areas.
Specifically, the bill extends the specialized rate increase for such services for an additional five years (until January 1, 2028). The bill also requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to (1) allow an area that has 1,000 or fewer individuals per square mile to retain its status as a rural area even if it would otherwise no longer qualify, and (2) establish an appeals process for providers to seek reconsideration of a change in an area's status.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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