US Congress Senate Bill 424 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-3-1)
Status: Introduced on March 1 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-03-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Medicare Ambulance Access Preservation Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to increase to 6% the rate of increase in the fee schedule for ground ambulance services furnished between January 1, 2012, and January 1, 2018, in rural and urban areas. Extends to January 1, 2018, the increase in the base rate of the fee schedule the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) is required to make for a trip in the case of ground ambulance services furnished on or after July 1, 2004, for which the transportation originates in a qualified low population density rural area.

Medicare Ambulance Access Preservation Act of 2011

Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]
Sen. Kent Conrad [D-ND]	Sen. John Kerry [D-MA]	Sen. Mary Landrieu [D-LA]	Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]
Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-01	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB1005 (Same As) 2011-03-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
SB1680 (Related) 2011-10-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB3859 (Related) 2012-02-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/424/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s424/BILLS-112s424is.pdf