Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · S

S. 1066 (111th)

Medicare Ambulance Access Preservation Act of 2009

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

18 May 2009

Last action

18 May 2009 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Sponsors

Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY], Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS], Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL], Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND], Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI], Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT], Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN], Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA], Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR], Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND], Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME], Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR], Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO], Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ], Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA], Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA], Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS], Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA], Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY], Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI], Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH], Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

5 December 2025

Healthcare

Summary

Medicare Ambulance Access Preservation Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to increase to 6% permanently the rate of increase in the fee schedule for ground ambulance services furnished on or after January 1, 2010, in rural and urban areas. Makes permanent the increase in the base rate of the fee schedule the Secretary of Health and Human Services is required to make for a trip in the case of ground ambulance services furnished on or after July 1, 2004, (and beyond January 1, 2010) for which the transportation originates in a qualified low population density rural area.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 18 May 2009

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 18 May 2009

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

3 official files

Introduced in Senate (text)

View fileDownload file

This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in Senate (text)

    Introduced in Senate · EN · 18 May 2009

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

  • Introduced in Senate (PDF)

    Introduced in Senate · EN · 18 May 2009

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in Senate

    summary · EN · 18 May 2009

    Open at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Related records

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.