3.0.0 2008 2023-01-15T15:18:18Z 2023-01-15T15:18:18Z House H HR 2003-05-07 108 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2003-05-20T20:05:31Z Referred to 2003-05-07T14:02:45Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2003-05-15T17:34:18Z Referred to 2003-05-07T14:02:50Z 2003-05-20 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2003-05-15 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2003-05-07 Referred to the Committee on Energy 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 jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2003-05-07 Referred to the Committee on Energy 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 jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2003-05-07 Referred to the Committee on Energy 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 jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2003-05-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-05-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000216 Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] ROSA DELAURO D CT 3 N P000585 Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19] TODD PLATTS R PA RUSSELL 19 2003-05-07 True S000480 Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28] LOUISE SLAUGHTER D NY M. 28 2003-05-07 True S001152 Rep. Simmons, Rob [R-CT-2] ROB SIMMONS R CT 2 2003-05-14 False H000627 Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] MAURICE HINCHEY D NY D. 22 2003-05-14 False M000590 Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-21] MICHAEL MCNULTY D NY R. 21 2003-05-14 False L000090 Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12] TOM LANTOS D CA 12 2003-05-14 False S000248 Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16] JOSE SERRANO D NY E. 16 2003-05-14 False F000392 Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24] MARTIN FROST D TX 24 2003-05-14 False K000172 Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5] DALE KILDEE D MI E. 5 2003-05-14 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2003-06-03 False O000159 Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11] MAJOR OWENS D NY R. 11 2003-06-03 False C000380 Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large] DONNA CHRISTENSEN D VI M. 0 2003-06-26 False A000210 Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] ROBERT ANDREWS D NJ E. 1 2003-07-15 False M000627 Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5] MARTIN MEEHAN D MA T. 5 2003-07-25 False B000220 Rep. Bass, Charles F. [R-NH-2] CHARLES BASS R NH F. 2 2003-09-16 False T000266 Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6] JOHN TIERNEY D MA F. 6 2004-10-06 False Health Ambulances Emergency Management Emergency medicine Medical fees Medicare Paramedical personnel Social Welfare Transportation and Public Works Health 00 2003-05-07 Introduced in House 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Changes from discretionary to mandatory the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in promulgating regulations for coverage of ambulance services, to cover advanced life support intercept services (ALS intercept services), regardless of the area involved. (Currently they must be provided in a rural area).

Includes new conditions of coverage that define ALS intercept services as consisting of a qualified paramedic providing ALS level services in connection with the transport of a patient by an ambulance qualified to provide only a basic life support level of services.

Requires that: (1) the entity providing the ambulance transportation be a public, non-profit, or volunteer organization; and (2) the paramedic providing such services is not employed or compensated by the entity providing the ambulance transportation. (Currently the ALS intercept services must be provided under a contract with one or more volunteer ambulance services which are required to be prohibited by State law from billing for any such services.)

Requires, in addition, that: (1) such services be medically necessary based on the medical condition for which they are dispatched (currently they must be medically necessary based on the health condition of the individual being transported); and (2) the paramedic providing the intercept services accompanies and provides an ALS assessment or ALS intervention to the patient during the transport.

Prohibits the Secretary from taking into account any payments made pursuant to this Act in determining payment amounts under the Medicare ambulance fee schedule, or the aggregate amount of payments under such fee schedule, for any year.]]>

Medicare Paramedic Intercept Services Coverage Act of 2003 Display Title Medicare Paramedic Intercept Services Coverage Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for expanded coverage of paramedic intercept services under the Medicare Program. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Paramedic Intercept Services Coverage Act of 2003 Introduced in House 2003-05-07T04:00:00Z 2003-05-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.