Congress·In Committee·H.R. 3443

When Minutes Count for Emergency Medical Patients Act

Emergency Medical Services: New Medicare Payment Model and Study

May 15, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

Next up: A house committeeNo action in 14 months

This bill is sitting in the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee. Nothing has happened with this proposal since May 2025, which means it has been stalled for over one year. The bill must receive a vote in these committees before it can move forward.

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Could go either way

The bill has strong bipartisan support from prominent sponsors, but it is in the early stages and must clear several committees before a full vote.

Key Points

This bill creates a five-year test program to give ambulance services extra Medicare money. This funding would help them carry and use life-saving blood products and emergency medicines like epinephrine and fentanyl.
The policy aims to stop drug shortages in ambulances by paying agencies to keep a larger supply of critical medicines. It also covers the costs of storing and transporting blood, which can be expensive for local emergency crews.
It orders a study on the national shortage of emergency workers and looks for ways to pay medical directors fairly. It also targets wall time, which is when paramedics are stuck at the hospital waiting more than 30 minutes to hand over a patient.
The bill asks experts to look into whether ambulance services should be officially called providers under Medicare. This change could lead to more stable funding and better pay for emergency responders in the future.

Impact Analysis

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Milestones

2 milestones2 actions

May 15, 2025House

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.

Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.

May 15, 2025

Introduced in House

The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.

No votes, news coverage, or related bills recorded for this bill yet.

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

When Minutes Count for Emergency Medical Patients Act

Bill NumberHR 3443

Congress119th Congress

ChamberHouse of Representatives

Latest ActionReferred 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.

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D: 3R: 5

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