H.R. 1609
Referred to CommitteeTreatment in Place Act
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
3/9/2021 • House
Summary
Treatment in Place Act
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.
Introduced in House • 3/8/2021
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March 8, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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H.R. 1319
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
S. 149
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.