Emergency Medical Services Efficiency Act of 1997

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Medicare Coverage of Certain Ambulance Services Title II: Ambulance Services Advisory Group for the Health Care Financing Administration Title III: Federal Advisory Council for Emergency Ambulance Services Title IV: Data Collection and Administration by Department of Transportation Emergency Medical Services Efficiency Act of 1997 - Title I: Medicare Coverage of Certain Ambulance Services - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to ensure Medicare reimbursement for ambulance services rendered as a result of the sudden onset of a medical condition manifested by symptoms believed to be serious but whose ultimate diagnosis results in the conclusion that the ambulance services were not necessary. Title II: Ambulance Services Advisory Group for the Health Care Financing Administration - Establishes the Health Care Financing Administration Advisory Group for Ambulance Services to study and report to the Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration on all matters relating to the provision of ambulance services under the Medicare program. Title III: Federal Advisory Council for Emergency Ambulance Services - Establishes the Federal Advisory Council for Emergency Ambulance Services to study and report to the Secretaries of Labor and of Commerce and the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) on workplace conditions and safety requirements with regard to employees who provide emergency ambulance services, as well as related management planning and transportation functions of FEMA and the Department of Transportation. Title IV: Data Collection and Administration by Department of Transportation - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to develop and report to the Congress a proposal for transferring to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration any transportation-related functions of any other Federal agency concerning emergency medical services, with certain exceptions for the Department of Defense and those functions related to a Federal health care program. Establishes in the Department of Transportation the Office of Emergency Medical Services Data Collection to serve as a clearinghouse for data collected in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Transportation for establishing a requirement for uniform collection, on a nationwide basis, of data relating to the provision of emergency medical services.

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