117 HR 2454 IH: Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2021 U.S. House of Representatives 2021-04-12 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.
I117th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 2454IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESApril 12, 2021Ms. Sewell (for herself, Mr. Nunes, Mr. Welch, and Mr. Mullin) introduced the following bill; which was 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 concernedA BILLTo amend title XVIII to strengthen ambulance services furnished under part B of the Medicare program.
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Short title; table of contents
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2021.(b)
Table of contents
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.Title I—Protect Access to High-Quality Ambulance CareSec. 101. Protecting patient access to ground ambulance services.Title II—Protect Access to Ground Ambulance Services in Rural AmericaSec. 201. Protecting access to ambulance services in rural and low population density areas.
<enum>I</enum><header>Protect Access to High-Quality Ambulance Care</header><section id="H8A43E8F0D414427D8CCFDCFD41990987"><enum>101.</enum><header>Protecting patient access to ground ambulance services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1834(l) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1395m">42 U.S.C. 1395m(l)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H7191BABC7F0A46C7940C131D94256817"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (12)(A), by striking <quote>2023</quote> and inserting <quote>2028</quote>; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA1F8DCD696524D9E9C03FC141AA29AB3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (13)(A), by striking <quote>2023</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2028</quote> in each such place.</text></paragraph></section><enum>II</enum><header>Protect Access to Ground Ambulance Services in Rural America</header><section id="H50F686AEC65245B6AD9A274D5B764F49"><enum>201.</enum><header>Protecting access to ambulance services in rural and low population density areas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1834(l)(12) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1395m">42 U.S.C. 1395m(l)(12)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:</text><quoted-block id="HC7B33E1E4EB64EF2A63BB7E1ACDB843A" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H532BA914C21543358A2001CE30B61DCB"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Exception for rural and qualified rural areas</header><text>The Secretary shall deem an area designated as a rural or qualified rural area under this paragraph that would otherwise no longer receive such designation to retain its previous designated status if there are 1,000 or fewer individuals per square mile in the area.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H08C3BF8FB6A343D387C699295B811211"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Right to appeal rural areas and qualified rural areas</header><text>The Secretary shall establish an administrative appeals process to allow ambulance services providers and suppliers to seek reconsideration of a change in a ZIP code’s status as a rural or qualified rural area during the first 12 months after the Secretary finalizes a change in the designation made under this paragraph.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>