S2518-119

In Committee

Protecting Air Ambulance Services for Americans Act of 2025

119th Congress Introduced Jul 29, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Protecting Air Ambulance Services for Americans Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Government Operations, Energy.

Who Benefits and How

health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Air Ambulance Services for Americans Act of 2025.
  • Section id65961AD1D30A40B3A7C1274A44035C0B: 2. Improvements to Medicare payment system for air ambulance services Section 1834(l) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(l)) is amended by adding at...
  • Section id980d2f19000f4d569d65a494fca8bb9b: 3. Timely finalization of air ambulance data collection rule Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human...
  • Section idf3ef3ee0d6c04577931585586ea3c05d: 4. GAO study on emergency air ambulance costs Not later than 1 year after the date on which data begins to be collected pursuant to the provisions of, and...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Protecting Air Ambulance Services for Americans Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Government Operations, Energy

Primary Purpose

This bill, Protecting Air Ambulance Services for Americans Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Government Operations Energy

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jul 29, 2025

Mr. Bennet (for himself and Mrs. Blackburn) introduced the following …

Jul 29, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Jul 29, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Government Operations Energy
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
→ Secretary of Health and Human Services

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