3.0.0 2525 2019-11-15T21:48:29Z 2019-11-15T21:48:29Z House H HR 2005-05-23 109 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2005-06-17T15:35:29Z Referred to 2005-05-23T16:31:50Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2005-06-01T20:04:11Z Referred to 2005-05-23T16:32:00Z Rural Access to Emergency Services Act of 2005 109 1108 S 2005-05-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Identical bill CRS 2005-06-17 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2005-06-01 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2005-05-23 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 2005-05-23 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 2005-05-23 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 2005-05-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-05-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000358 Rep. Kennedy, Mark R. [R-MN-6] MARK KENNEDY R MN R. 6 N P000422 Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large] EARL POMEROY D ND 0 2005-05-23 True M000934 Rep. Moran, Jerry [R-KS-1] Jerry Moran R KS 1 2005-05-23 True G000210 Rep. Gillmor, Paul E. [R-OH-5] PAUL GILLMOR R OH E. 5 2005-05-23 True G000309 Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6] BART GORDON D TN 6 2005-05-26 False H001038 Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-27] Brian Higgins D NY 27 2005-06-09 False M001146 Rep. Marshall, Jim [D-GA-3] Jim Marshall D GA 3 2005-07-14 False R000573 Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4] MIKE ROSS D AR 4 2005-07-14 False W000791 Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2] GREG WALDEN R OR 2 2005-09-07 False P000258 Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] COLLIN PETERSON D MN C. 7 2005-09-29 False S000364 Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-19] JOHN SHIMKUS R IL M. 19 2005-11-08 False K000363 Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2] John Kline R MN 2 2006-03-02 False M001150 Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10] Candice Miller R MI S. 10 2006-07-17 False Health Ambulances Communication in medicine Community health services Congress Congressional reporting requirements Continuing education Economics and Public Finance Education Emergency Management Emergency communication systems Emergency medicine Government Operations and Politics Grants-in-aid Health information systems Higher education Housing and Community Development Labor and Employment Medical education Medical fees Medicare Paramedical personnel Peer review organizations (Medicine) Quality of care Recruiting of employees Rural health Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare State officials Telecommunication rates Telemedicine Transportation and Public Works Wireless communication Health 00 2005-05-23 Introduced in House 2005-06-07T16:05:53Z Rural Access to Emergency Services Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to: (1) cost-based critical access hospital ambulance services; (2) appropriate coverage of rural ground ambulance services; and (3) payments to retain emergency and other capacity for ambulances in rural areas.

Amends SSA title XI to provide for expanding the work of Medicare quality improvement organizations to include ambulance providers.

Amends the Communications Act of 1934 with respect to including ambulance providers in the definition of health care provider for purposes of the Universal Service Fund.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States to encourage them to make improvements to their emergency medical services systems.

]]> Rural Access to Emergency Services Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Rural Access to Emergency Services Act of 2005 Display Title Rural Access to Emergency Services Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make improvements to payments to ambulance providers in rural areas, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2005-05-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr2525ih/xml/BILLS-109hr2525ih.xml 2005-06-17 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.