S. 149 · 117th Congress · Senate

A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide Secretarial authority to temporarily waive or modify application of certain Medicare requirements with respect to ambulance services furnished during certain emergency periods.

Active· Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced
Feb 2, 21
Passed Senate
Pending
Passed House
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

This bill allows for Medicare payment of ground ambulance services that did not result in the actual transport of an individual to a permitted facility, if the lack of transport was due to community-wide COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) protocols for emergency medical services during the public health emergency.

Action Timeline

2
  1. FEB 02, 2021IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

  2. FEB 02, 2021IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Committees

1

Finance Committee

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Referred: Feb 2, 2021

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