Medicare Ambulance Access Preservation Act of 2009

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 111th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

D SchumerSponsor

24 cosponsors · 15 D, 8 R, 1 I

6 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Medicare Ambulance Access Preservation Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to increase to 6% permanently the rate of increase in the fee schedule for ground ambulance services furnished on or after January 1, 2010, in rural and urban areas.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · May 18, 2009

Makes permanent the increase in the base rate of the fee schedule the Secretary of Health and Human Services is required to make for a trip in the case of ground ambulance services furnished on or after July 1, 2004, (and beyond January 1, 2010) for which the transportation originates in a qualified low population density rural area.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Medicare Ambulance Access Preservation Act of 2009

Latest action (May 18, 2009): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: May 18, 2009

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.