119-s1643

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1643 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1643

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect patient 
 access to ground ambulance services under the Medicare program.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 7, 2025

 Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Welch, 
Mrs. Capito, and Mr. Merkley) introduced the following bill; which was 
 read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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 A BILL

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect patient 
 access to ground ambulance services under the Medicare program.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Access to Ground 
Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTING PATIENT ACCESS TO MEDICARE GROUND AMBULANCE 
 SERVICES.

    (a) Super Rural Ambulance.--

Section 1834
            (l) (12)
        (A) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m
            (l) (12)
        (A) ) is amended--

    (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``October 1, 2025'' 
 and inserting ``January 1, 2028''; and

    (2) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``In 
 the case of services furnished on or after October 1, 2025, and 
 before January 1, 2028, such percent increase shall be 26.7 
 percent.''.

    (b) 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 
 ``October 1, 2025'' and inserting ``January 1, 2028'';

    (2) in clause
            (i) , by inserting ``, or 4.3 percent if such 
 service is furnished on or after October 1, 2025, and before 
 January 1, 2028'' after ``2025''; and

    (3) in clause
            (ii) , by inserting ``, or 3.4 percent if such 
 service is furnished on or after October 1, 2025, and before 
 January 1, 2028'' after ``2025''.
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