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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2232 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title XVIII to protect patient access to ground ambulance services |
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| 6 | 6 | | under part B of the Medicare program. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH18, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. T |
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| 10 | 10 | | ENNEY(for herself, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. BENTZ, Mr. TONKO, Mr. CAREY, |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. D |
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| 12 | 12 | | AVISof Illinois, Mrs. MILLERof West Virginia, and Ms. PEREZ) |
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| 13 | 13 | | introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En- |
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| 14 | 14 | | ergy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and |
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| 15 | 15 | | Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in |
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| 16 | 16 | | each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- |
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| 17 | 17 | | tion of the committee concerned |
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| 18 | 18 | | A BILL |
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| 19 | 19 | | To amend title XVIII to protect patient access to ground |
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| 20 | 20 | | ambulance services under part B of the Medicare program. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Access to 4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 2232 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. PROTECTING PATIENT ACCESS TO GROUND AMBU-1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | LANCE SERVICES. 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Section 1834(l) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1395m(l)) is amended— 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) in paragraph (12)(A), by striking ‘‘2025’’ 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | and inserting ‘‘2028’’; and 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) in paragraph (13)(A), by striking ‘‘2025’’ 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2028’’ in each 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | such place. 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Æ |
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