[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2711 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2711

 To amend section 4531(c) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to permit 
payment for ALS intercept services furnished in areas other than rural 
                     areas, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 4, 1999

 Mrs. Kelly (for herself, Mr. Gilman, and Mr. Sweeney) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend section 4531(c) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to permit 
payment for ALS intercept services furnished in areas other than rural 
                     areas, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Paramedic Intercept Service 
Equity Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF COVERAGE OF MEDICARE PARAMEDIC INTERCEPT SERVICES.

    (a) Expansion of Payment Areas.--
            (1) In general.--Section 4531(c) of the Balanced Budget Act 
        of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1395x(s)(7) note, 111 Stat. 452) is amended 
        in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking ``in a rural 
        area''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The heading of such section is 
        amended by striking ``in Rural Communities''.
    (b) Payments Not Counted in Computing Ambulance Fee Schedule.--
Section 1834(l)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395m(l)(3)(A)) is amended by inserting ``other than payments 
attributable to the amendment made by section 2(a) of the Medicare 
Paramedic Intercept Service Equity Act of 1999'' after ``the aggregate 
amount of payments made for ambulance services under this part during 
2000''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section apply with 
respect to services furnished on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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