Emergency Medical Services Reimbursement for On-Scene and Support Act

Bill: 118-hr-6257
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-11-07
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care

Health care coverage and access

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6257 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 7, 2023 Ms. Balint introduced the following bill; which was referred 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 A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage of ambulance services that do not include transportation.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Emergency Medical Services Reimbursement for On-Scene and Support Act . 2. Coverage of ambulance services that do not include transportation Section 1861(s)(7) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x(s)(7) ) is amended— (1) by inserting (A) after (7); (2) in subparagraph (A), as added by paragraph (1), by inserting and after the semicolon; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (B) notwithstanding subparagraph (A), ambulance service includes such services described in such subparagraph that are furnished on or after January 1, 2025, to an individual by a provider or supplier of ambulance services regardless of whether the provider or supplier provides the transport for the individual at a reimbursement comparable to the transport reimbursement; .