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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.

USA117th CongressS-149| Senate 
| Updated: 2/2/2021
Catherine Cortez Masto

Catherine Cortez Masto

Democratic Senator

Nevada

Cosponsors (1)
Bill Cassidy (Republican)

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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.
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Timeline
Feb 2, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Feb 2, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • February 2, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 2, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 117-1609: Treatment in Place Act
  • HR 117-1319: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
Emergency medical services and trauma careMedicareMotor vehicles

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.

USA117th CongressS-149| Senate 
| Updated: 2/2/2021
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.
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Timeline
Feb 2, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Feb 2, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • February 2, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 2, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Catherine Cortez Masto

Catherine Cortez Masto

Democratic Senator

Nevada

Cosponsors (1)
Bill Cassidy (Republican)

Finance Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 117-1609: Treatment in Place Act
  • HR 117-1319: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Emergency medical services and trauma careMedicareMotor vehicles