I 119THCONGRESS 1 STSESSION H. R. 2232 To amend title XVIII to protect patient access to ground ambulance services under part B of the Medicare program. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH18, 2025 Ms. T ENNEY(for herself, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. BENTZ, Mr. TONKO, Mr. CAREY, Mr. D AVISof Illinois, Mrs. MILLERof West Virginia, and Ms. PEREZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En- ergy 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 jurisdic- tion of the committee concerned A BILL To amend title XVIII to protect patient access to ground ambulance services under part B of the Medicare program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Access to 4 Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2025’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:16 Apr 04, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2232.IH H2232 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2232 IH SEC. 2. PROTECTING PATIENT ACCESS TO GROUND AMBU-1 LANCE SERVICES. 2 Section 1834(l) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 3 1395m(l)) is amended— 4 (1) in paragraph (12)(A), by striking ‘‘2025’’ 5 and inserting ‘‘2028’’; and 6 (2) in paragraph (13)(A), by striking ‘‘2025’’ 7 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2028’’ in each 8 such place. 9 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:16 Apr 04, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2232.IH H2232 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS