HR 3109 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Medicare Ambulance Payment Reform Act of 2001

Introduced Oct 12, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Amo Houghton R-NY

Latest action · Oct 31, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedOct 12, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Ambulance Payment Reform Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise requirements for payment for ambulance services concerning: (1) the establishment of a fee schedule; and (2) the coding system specifying the medical condition of the individual transported by an ambulance and the appropriate level of transportation service.

Amends SSA titles XVIII (Medicare) (including part C (Medicare+Choice) of the Medicare program) and XIX (Medicaid) to establish a prudent layperson standard for justification of emergency ambulance services under Medicare and Medicaid.

Cosponsors 99

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 12, 2001 to Oct 24, 2002; 37 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MI	Bart Stupak	Original	Oct 12, 2001
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith	Original	Oct 12, 2001
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee	Original	Oct 12, 2001
D-KS	Dennis Moore	Original	Oct 12, 2001
D-ND	Earl Pomeroy	Original	Oct 12, 2001
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Original	Oct 12, 2001
D-MS	Gene Taylor	Original	Oct 12, 2001
D-OH	James A. Traficant Jr.	Original	Oct 12, 2001
D-MN	James L. Oberstar	Original	Oct 12, 2001
R-NY	James T. Walsh	Original	Oct 12, 2001
R-AZ	Jim Kolbe	Original	Oct 12, 2001
R-NJ	Jim Saxton	Original	Oct 12, 2001
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson	Original	Oct 12, 2001
R-NY	John E. Sweeney	Original	Oct 12, 2001
D-ME	John Elias Baldacci	Original	Oct 12, 2001
D-NY	John J. LaFalce	Original	Oct 12, 2001
R-NY	John M. McHugh	Original	Oct 12, 2001
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter	Original	Oct 12, 2001
R-NJ	Marge Roukema	Original	Oct 12, 2001
D-TX	Martin Frost	Original	Oct 12, 2001
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey	Original	Oct 12, 2001
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano	Original	Oct 12, 2001
D-NY	Michael R. McNulty	Original	Oct 12, 2001
R-NJ	Mike Ferguson	Original	Oct 12, 2001
D-AR	Mike Ross	Original	Oct 12, 2001
D-CA	Mike Thompson	Original	Oct 12, 2001
D-HI	Patsy T. Mink	Original	Oct 12, 2001
R-PA	Phil English	Original	Oct 12, 2001
D-PA	Robert A. Borski	Original	Oct 12, 2001
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews	Original	Oct 12, 2001
D-NJ	Robert Menendez	Original	Oct 12, 2001
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen	Original	Oct 12, 2001
D-WI	Ron Kind	Original	Oct 12, 2001
D-OH	Sherrod Brown	Original	Oct 12, 2001
R-NY	Sherwood Boehlert	Original	Oct 12, 2001
D-ME	Thomas H. Allen	Original	Oct 12, 2001
R-NY	Thomas M. Reynolds	Original	Oct 12, 2001
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		Oct 16, 2001
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		Nov 7, 2001
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Nov 7, 2001
D-MO	Karen McCarthy		Nov 14, 2001
D-WA	Norman D. Dicks		Nov 14, 2001
D-OH	Ted Strickland		Nov 14, 2001
R-NY	Jack Quinn		Nov 28, 2001
D-NJ	Rush Holt		Dec 19, 2001
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Dec 19, 2001
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Dec 19, 2001
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Mar 12, 2002
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Mar 12, 2002
D-OR	Darlene Hooley		Apr 10, 2002
R-MI	Dave Camp		Apr 10, 2002
D-CT	James H. Maloney		Apr 10, 2002
R-MN	Jim Ramstad		Apr 10, 2002
D-PA	John P. Murtha		Apr 10, 2002
D-MA	John W. Olver		Apr 10, 2002
R-FL	Mark Foley		Apr 10, 2002
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Apr 10, 2002
R-CT	Rob Simmons		Apr 10, 2002
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Apr 17, 2002
D-PA	Frank Mascara		Apr 17, 2002
R-MN	Mark R. Kennedy		Apr 17, 2002
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		May 7, 2002
D-MA	Barney Frank		May 7, 2002
R-NY	Benjamin A. Gilman		May 7, 2002
D-FL	Corrine Brown		May 7, 2002
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		May 7, 2002
D-AZ	Ed Pastor		May 14, 2002
R-MI	Fred Upton		May 14, 2002
R-SD	John Thune		May 14, 2002
D-OH	Tom Sawyer		May 14, 2002
D-MA	John F. Tierney		May 16, 2002
I-VT	Bernard Sanders		Jun 4, 2002
D-CA	Bob Filner		Jun 4, 2002
D-MA	Edward J. Markey		Jun 4, 2002
R-CA	Gary G. Miller		Jun 4, 2002
R-MN	Gil Gutknecht		Jun 4, 2002
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		Jun 4, 2002
R-MI	Vernon J. Ehlers		Jun 4, 2002
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Jun 11, 2002
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Jun 19, 2002
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Jun 19, 2002
D-CA	Juanita Millender-McDonald		Jun 19, 2002
D-IL	Lane Evans		Jun 19, 2002
D-WA	Brian Baird		Jul 15, 2002
D-CA	Joe Baca		Jul 15, 2002
R-IN	Mark E. Souder		Jul 15, 2002
D-CA	Calvin M. Dooley		Sep 11, 2002
D-NC	David E. Price		Sep 11, 2002
R-CA	Edward R. Royce		Sep 11, 2002
R-AZ	J. D. Hayworth		Sep 11, 2002
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Sep 11, 2002
R-CO	Scott McInnis		Sep 25, 2002
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Sep 25, 2002
R-MS	Charles W. "Chip" Pickering		Sep 26, 2002
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Sep 26, 2002
D-MS	Ronnie Shows		Sep 26, 2002
R-MI	Mike Rogers		Oct 8, 2002
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher		Oct 9, 2002
D-KY	Ken Lucas		Oct 24, 2002

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Oct 12, 2001
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Oct 29, 2001
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Oct 12, 2001
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Oct 31, 2001

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 31, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 29, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 12, 2001Introduced in House
Oct 12, 2001Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1350	Medicare Ambulance Payment Reform Act of 2001	Identical bill	Aug 3, 2001

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment to Medicare ambulance suppliers of the full costs of providing such services, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Medicare Ambulance Payment Reform Act of 2001

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Oct 12, 2001Introduced in House

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