[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1066 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1066

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to 
             ambulance services under the Medicare program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 18, 2009

 Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Conrad, Ms. 
 Landrieu, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to 
             ambulance services under the Medicare program.

    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 Ambulance Access 
Preservation Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. PERMANENT RETENTION OF ACCESS TO GROUND AMBULANCE SERVICES IN 
              RURAL AND URBAN AREAS UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

    Section 1834(l)(13) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395m(l)(13)) is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by striking ``Temporary''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
                ``and before January 1, 2010'';
                    (B) in clause (i), by inserting ``, or 6 percent if 
                such service is furnished on or after January 1, 2010'' 
                after ``2010''; and
                    (C) in clause (ii), by inserting ``, or 6 percent 
                if such service is furnished on or after January 1, 
                2010'' after ``2010''; and
            (3) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end the following 
        new sentence: ``The preceding sentence shall not apply to 
        payments for services furnished on or after January 1, 2010.''

SEC. 3. PERMANENT RETENTION OF ACCESS TO AMBULANCE SERVICES IN SUPER 
              RURAL AREAS UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

    Section 1834(l)(12)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395m(l)(12)(A)) is amended by striking ``and before January 1, 
2010,''.
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