Medicare Ambulance Access Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1405
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2013-07-31
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care

Health care coverage and access

Medicare

Rural conditions and development
Latest action: action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-07-31
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Medicare Ambulance Access Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend through December 31, 2018, certain temporary increases in rates (add-on payments) for ground and super rural ambulance services.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1405 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 31, 2013 Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Roberts , Mr. Leahy , and Ms. Landrieu ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an extension of certain ambulance add-on payments under the Medicare program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicare Ambulance Access Act of 2013 . 2. Extension of certain ambulance add-on payments (a) Ground Ambulance Section 1834(l)(13)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(l)(13)(A)) is amended— (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking January 1, 2014 and inserting January 1, 2019 ; and (2) in each of clauses (i) and (ii), by striking January 1, 2014 and inserting January 1, 2019 each place it appears. (b) Super Rural Ambulance Section 1834(l)(12)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(l)(12)(A) ) is amended in the first sentence by striking January 1, 2014 and inserting January 1, 2019 .