119th Congress
H.R. 4792
Protecting Air Ambulance Services for Americans Act of 2025
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Ron Estes(R-KS)
- Introduced
- Jul 29, 2025
- Policy area
- Health
- Committees
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce; House Committee on Ways and Means
- Official text
- Introduced in House · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (20)
Original cosponsors (1)
- Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA)
Added later (19)
- Jason Crow (D-CO) · Oct 17, 2025
- Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) · Oct 17, 2025
- Tracey Mann (R-KS) · Oct 17, 2025
- W. Gregory Steube (R-FL) · Oct 17, 2025
- Beth Van Duyne (R-TX) · Nov 18, 2025
- Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA) · Nov 18, 2025
- Terri A. Sewell (D-AL) · Nov 18, 2025
- Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) · Dec 3, 2025
- Claudia Tenney (R-NY) · Dec 3, 2025
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) · Jan 15, 2026
- Jay Obernolte (R-CA) · Jan 15, 2026
- Raul Ruiz (D-CA) · Feb 3, 2026
- Rudy Yakym III (R-IN) · Feb 3, 2026
- Carol D. Miller (R-WV) · Mar 18, 2026
- Kim Schrier (D-WA) · May 12, 2026
- Neal P. Dunn (R-FL) · May 12, 2026
- Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY) · Jun 25, 2026
- John Joyce (R-PA) · Sep 1, 2026
- Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL) · Oct 6, 2026
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version
Protecting Air Ambulance Services for Americans Act of 2025
This bill authorizes payment changes under Medicare for air ambulance services based on certain collected data and requires additional reporting from providers of these services.
Current law requires providers of air ambulance services to report certain information regarding general costs and utilization to the Department of Health and Human Services; private health insurers are also required to report information relating to coverage of these services. The bill authorizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to revise payment rates under Medicare for air ambulance services based on this data, and it requires providers of air ambulance services to specifically report information relating to costs and utilization under Medicare.
The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to report on the data that is collected under current law requirements and to recommend changes to Medicare payment rates accordingly.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Jul 29, 2025 · House
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. - Jul 29, 2025
Introduced in House