Bill Details
HR.2477 - 119th Congress
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2025-03-27 - 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.
Introduced Date
2025-03-27
Policy Area
Health
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- Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-Illinois-10]
- Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-Iowa-1]
- Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-Massachusetts-3]
- Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-Oklahoma-1]
- Rep. Carey, Mike [R-Ohio-15]
- Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-Mississippi-2]
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-Texas-14]
- Rep. Moylan, James C. [R-Guam]
- Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-West Virginia-1]
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-Nebraska-2]
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-North Carolina-1]
- Rep. Kim, Young [R-California-40]
- Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-Maryland-6]
- Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-Texas-33]
- Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-Florida-20]
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-Virginia-7]
- Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-Texas-4]
- Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-Texas-32]
- Rep. Schmidt, Derek [R-Kansas-2]
- Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-Texas-34]
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AI Summary This summary was generated by AI from the bill text. AI can get information wrong.
This bill would change Medicare so it treats portable ultrasound services more like portable X-ray services. It would make ultrasound tests covered under Medicare and create a separate payment for moving portable ultrasound equipment and setting it up. The goal is to make payment fairer for providers who bring ultrasound services to patients instead of having patients travel to a facility. The changes would start on January 1, 2027.
- Medicare would be updated to clearly include diagnostic ultrasound tests in the list of covered services.
- Medicare would make a separate payment for transporting and setting up portable ultrasound equipment, just as it already does for portable X-ray services.
- The Health and Human Services Secretary would set rules for companies that provide these portable ultrasound transportation and setup services.
- Those rules would be mostly the same as the rules already used for portable X-ray service providers.
Official Summaries
Portable Ultrasound Reimbursement Equity Act of 2025
This bill provides for Medicare coverage of ultrasound tests performed at a beneficiary's home. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must provide for separate payments for portable ultrasound services in the same manner and to the same extent as for portable X-ray services.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2477 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2477
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of
portable ultrasound transportation and set up services under the
Medicare program.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 27, 2025
Ms. Van Duyne (for herself, Mr. Schneider, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, and Mrs.
Trahan) 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 coverage of
portable ultrasound transportation and set up services under the
Medicare program.
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 ``Portable Ultrasound Reimbursement
Equity Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF PORTABLE ULTRASOUND TRANSPORTATION AND SET UP
SERVICES UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Section 1861(s)(3) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395x(s)(3)) is amended by striking ``diagnostic X-ray tests''
and inserting ``diagnostic X-ray and ultrasound tests''.
(b) Ensuring Equitable Payment for Portable Ultrasound
Transportation Services.--Section 1834 of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395m) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(aa) Ensuring Equitable Payment for Portable Ultrasound
Transportation and Set up Services.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall provide a separate
payment under this part for portable ultrasound transportation
and set up services in the same manner and to the same extent
that separate payments are provided for portable X-ray
transportation and set up services.
``(2) Payment requirements.--The Secretary shall specify
requirements applicable to suppliers of portable ultrasound
transportation and set up services under this part. Such
requirements shall be substantially similar to the requirements
applicable to suppliers of portable X-ray services under
subpart C of part 486 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations
(or a successor regulation).''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply with respect to services furnished on or after January 1, 2027.
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