Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2021
Latest action · Apr 13, 2021 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.
- IntroducedApr 12, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2021
This bill modifies Medicare payment of ground ambulance services in rural areas.
Specifically, the bill extends the specialized rate increase for such services for an additional five years (until January 1, 2028). The bill also requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to (1) allow an area that has 1,000 or fewer individuals per square mile to retain its status as a rural area even if it would otherwise no longer qualify, and (2) establish an appeals process for providers to seek reconsideration of a change in an area's status.
Cosponsors 30
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 12, 2021 to Dec 14, 2022; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | Devin Nunes | Original | Apr 12, 2021 |
| R-OK | Markwayne Mullin | Original | Apr 12, 2021 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Apr 12, 2021 |
| R-LA | Clay Higgins | May 11, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | May 11, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | May 11, 2021 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | May 11, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | May 11, 2021 | |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | May 11, 2021 | |
| R-AR | Bruce Westerman | Jun 14, 2021 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Jun 14, 2021 | |
| R-LA | Garret Graves | Jul 26, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Oct 27, 2021 | |
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | Dec 16, 2021 | |
| R-IN | Greg Pence | Mar 30, 2022 | |
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Apr 4, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Apr 5, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Apr 5, 2022 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Apr 14, 2022 | |
| D-NC | Kathy E. Manning | Apr 14, 2022 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Apr 14, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Antonio Delgado | Apr 26, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | May 10, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Aug 2, 2022 | |
| R-OH | Brad R. Wenstrup | Oct 7, 2022 | |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Oct 7, 2022 | |
| R-WV | Carol D. Miller | Nov 3, 2022 | |
| R-MN | Brad Finstad | Dec 1, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Dec 12, 2022 | |
| R-MS | Michael Guest | Dec 14, 2022 |
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 Apr 12, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Apr 13, 2021 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Apr 12, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Apr 12, 2021 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 13, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 12, 2021Introduced in House
- Apr 12, 2021Referred 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.
- Apr 12, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 62, April 12, 2021, page H1727.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2037 | Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2021 | Identical bill | Jun 10, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XVIII to strengthen ambulance services furnished under part B of the Medicare program.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 12, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
