S 171 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Medicare Ambulance Payment Reform Act of 2003

Introduced Jan 15, 2003 Originated Senate Sponsor Mark Dayton D-MN

Latest action · Jan 15, 2003 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S856)

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.

IntroducedJan 15, 2003
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Ambulance Payment Reform Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to payment for ambulance services to revise requirements for the establishment of a fee schedule.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a system for the coding of claims for ambulance services, including a code set specifying the medical condition of the individual transported by an ambulance and the appropriate level of transportation service.

Cosponsors 18

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 22, 2003 to Nov 16, 2004.

Seat	Cosponsor	Signed on
D-LA	Mary L. Landrieu	Jan 22, 2003
D-NY	Hillary Rodham Clinton	Mar 6, 2003
R-MN	Norm Coleman	Mar 12, 2003
R-OR	Gordon H. Smith	Mar 25, 2003
D-AR	Blanche L. Lincoln	Apr 7, 2003
D-NY	Charles E. Schumer	Apr 29, 2003
D-VT	Patrick J. Leahy	Apr 29, 2003
R-SC	Lindsey Graham	May 6, 2003
D-AR	Mark L. Pryor	May 7, 2003
D-NM	Jeff Bingaman	May 19, 2003
D-HI	Daniel K. Inouye	Jun 2, 2003
D-SD	Thomas A. Daschle	Jun 3, 2003
R-GA	Saxby Chambliss	Jun 18, 2003
R-VA	John Warner	Jun 23, 2003
D-MI	Debbie Stabenow	Jul 24, 2003
D-PA	Arlen Specter	Sep 4, 2003
R-VT	James M. Jeffords	Sep 4, 2003
D-CA	Barbara Boxer	Nov 16, 2004

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Finance Committee	Referred Jan 15, 2003

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 15, 2003Introduced in Senate
Jan 15, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S856)

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Text printed S856	Mark Dayton D-MN (text)	Jan 15, 2003

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: A bill 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 2003

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 15, 2003Introduced in Senate

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