[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1673 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1673

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 18, 2023

   Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself, Ms. Collins, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. 
   Cassidy) 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 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 2023''.

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 ``2025'' and 
        inserting ``2028''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``In 
        the case of services furnished on or after January 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 
        ``2025'' and inserting ``2028'';
            (2) in clause (i), by inserting ``, or 4.3 percent if such 
        service is furnished on or after January 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 January 1, 2025, and before 
        January 1, 2028'' after ``2025''.
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