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Emergency Medical Services Reimbursement for On-Scene and Support Act

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage of ambulance services that do not include transportation.

Introduced Jan 30, 2026

Latest action (Jan 30, 2026) 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 concerned.

Referred to
Ways and Means Committee Energy and Commerce Committee
Policy area
Health
Issues
Healthcare

Summary
  • Extends Medicare coverage to ambulance services that do not include patient transportation, effective January 1, 2026.
  • Requires Medicare to reimburse ambulance services without transportation at a rate comparable to ambulance services that do include transportation.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
8 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Jan 30, 2026 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 concerned. · house
  2. Jan 30, 2026 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 3730 — Emergency Medical Services Reimbursement for On-Scene Care and Support Act · Introduced Jan 29, 2026 · Cong. 119 91%
  • S 3145 — CARE Act of 2025 · Introduced Nov 6, 2025 · Cong. 119 73%
  • HR 7486 — Protecting Hospitals from Disaster Act of 2026 · Introduced Feb 11, 2026 · Cong. 119 65%
  • HR 9642 — Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act · Introduced Jul 15, 2026 · Cong. 119 64%
  • HR 4313 — Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act · Passed House Dec 2, 2025 · Cong. 119 64%
  • HR 9212 — VA Emergency Transportation Act · Introduced Jun 23, 2026 · Cong. 119 63%

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 30, 2026

Ms. Balint (for herself, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Norton, Mr. Carson, Ms. Sewell, and Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania) 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 concerned

A BILL

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage of ambulance services that do not include transportation.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Emergency Medical Services Reimbursement for On-Scene and Support Act”.

SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF AMBULANCE SERVICES THAT DO NOT INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION.

Section 1861(s)(7) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(s)(7)) is amended—

(1) by inserting “(A)” after “(7)”;

(2) in subparagraph (A), as added by paragraph (1), by inserting “and” after the semicolon; and

(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

“(B) notwithstanding subparagraph (A), ambulance service includes such services described in such subparagraph that are furnished on or after January 1, 2026, to an individual by a provider or supplier of ambulance services regardless of whether the provider or supplier provides the transport for the individual at a reimbursement comparable to the transport reimbursement;”. <all>

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