Treatment in Place Act
Summary
Treatment in Place Act This bill allows for Medicare payment of ground ambulance services that did not result in the actual transport of an individual to a permitted facility, if the lack of transport was due to community-wide COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) protocols for emergency medical services during the public health emergency.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Mar 8, 2021
Last action Mar 9, 2021
Floor votes
How they voted
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
0
Committee
3
Mar 9, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Mar 8, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 concerned.
lower
Mar 8, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Mar 8, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Cynthia Axne
DDemocratic
Co
Bruce Westerman
RRepublican
Co
John B. Larson
DDemocratic
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