S. 1643

Summary

S. 1643, the Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2025, was introduced in the Senate on May 7, 2025 by Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D) with 18 co-sponsors. It was referred to Finance, and last saw action on May 7, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Record

Text

S. 1643 has 18 co-sponsors.

119 S1643 IS: Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-05-07
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  II
  119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
  S. 1643
  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
  May 7, 2025
  Ms. Cortez Masto  (for herself,  Ms. Collins ,  Mr.
  Cassidy ,  Mr. Welch ,  Mrs. Capito , and  Mr.
  Merkley ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
  referred to the  Committee on
  Finance
  A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect patient access to
  ground ambulance services under the Medicare program.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2025  .
2.
Protecting patient access to Medicare ground ambulance services
(a)
Super rural ambulance
Section 1834(l)(12)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(l)(12)(A) ) is amended—
(1)
in the first sentence, by striking  October 1, 2025  and inserting  January 1, 2028 ; and
(2)
by adding at the end the following new sentence:  In the case of services furnished on or after October 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2028, such percent increase shall be 26.7 percent. .
(b)
Ground ambulance
Section 1834(l)(13)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(l)(13)(A) ) is amended—
(1)
in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking  October 1, 2025  and inserting  January 1, 2028 ;
(2)
in clause (i), by inserting  , or 4.3 percent if such service is furnished on or after October 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2028  after  2025 ; and
(3)
in clause (ii), by inserting  , or 3.4 percent if such service is furnished on or after October 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2028  after  2025 .

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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D) sponsors S. 1643, and 18 members have co-sponsored it, 5 of them from the day it was introduced.

Catherine Cortez Masto

Sen. · D–NV · Sponsor

Introduced May 7, 2025

Shelley Capito

Sen. · R–WV · Co-sponsor

Joined May 7, 2025 · Original

Bill Cassidy

Sen. · R–LA · Co-sponsor

Joined May 7, 2025 · Original

Susan Collins

Sen. · R–ME · Co-sponsor

Joined May 7, 2025 · Original

Jeff Merkley

Sen. · D–OR · Co-sponsor

Joined May 7, 2025 · Original

Peter Welch

Sen. · D–VT · Co-sponsor

Joined May 7, 2025 · Original

Amy Klobuchar

Sen. · D–MN · Co-sponsor

Joined May 12, 2025

Jeanne Shaheen

Sen. · D–NH · Co-sponsor

Joined May 12, 2025

Marsha Blackburn

Sen. · R–TN · Co-sponsor

Joined May 22, 2025

Mark Warner

Sen. · D–VA · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 2, 2025

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Committees

S. 1643 went before 1 committee: Finance.

Finance

Finance

Referred To · May 7, 2025 · 902 Bills

Actions

S. 1643 has taken 2 actions since May 7, 2025.

Votes

S. 1643 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

S. 1643 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect patient access to ground ambulance services under the Medicare program. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

9 clients hired 11 firms and 33 registered lobbyists who named S. 1643 in 50 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Medicare/Medicaid, Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Budget/Appropriations, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Veterans, Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Homeland Security.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 33.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 1643 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 1643’s is Health.

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