S 1643 119th Congress Senate Health

Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2025

Introduced: May 7, 2025 Introduced by: Cortez Masto, Catherine Democratic · Nevada See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

May 7, 2025

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Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2025

This bill extends a specialized rate increase for Medicare payment of ground ambulance services in rural areas until January 1, 2028, and provides for a higher rate increase for services furnished between October 1, 2025, and January 1, 2028.

What's happening now May 7, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Finance Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 41

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

BARNES & THORNBURG, LLP
for SUPERIOR AIR GROUND AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. · Illinois · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
AMERICAN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION
for AMERICAN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
KIM KRENIK
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS (NAEMT) · Mississippi · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
WHITMER & WORRALL, LLC
for SARNOVA, LLC · Ohio · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
NATIONAL VOLUNTEER FIRE COUNCIL
for NATIONAL VOLUNTEER FIRE COUNCIL · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
GLOBAL MEDICAL RESPONSE, INC.
for GLOBAL MEDICAL RESPONSE INC · Missouri · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026

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Cosponsors 18

Cotton, Tom

Arkansas · Dec 1, 2025

Heinrich, Martin

New Mexico · Nov 4, 2025

Sanders, Bernard

Vermont · Sep 3, 2025

Boozman, John

Arkansas · Jul 28, 2025

Gillibrand, Kirsten E.

New York · Jul 23, 2025

Rosen, Jacky

Nevada · Jul 23, 2025

Justice, James C.

West Virginia · Jul 8, 2025

Wicker, Roger F.

Mississippi · Jun 11, 2025

Mullin, Markwayne

· Jun 4, 2025

Warner, Mark R.

Virginia · Jun 2, 2025

Blackburn, Marsha

Tennessee · May 22, 2025

Klobuchar, Amy

Minnesota · May 12, 2025

Shaheen, Jeanne

New Hampshire · May 12, 2025

Capito, Shelley Moore

West Virginia · May 7, 2025

Cassidy, Bill

Louisiana · May 7, 2025

Vermont · May 7, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1643: Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1643/

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"S. 1643: Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1643/.

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