CARE Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Carey, Mike [R-OH-15]
Introduced
Summary
This bill would create a five-year Medicare demonstration that pays for emergency on-scene ambulance treatment when a patient is not transported. It sets payment rules, telehealth treatment standards, and a federal review of how non-transport emergency care affects access and outcomes.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Medicare would pay for on-scene ambulance care
If enacted, Medicare Part B would test paying for on‑scene emergency care when an ambulance is sent but you are not transported. Care would need to follow state and local rules, be tied to an emergency call, and may use online medical direction. HHS would set payments to roughly match what a transport would have paid. If telehealth is used with this care, your location would count as an eligible telehealth site. The model would start within 2 years, run 5 years, and operate under a special exception to some usual Innovation Center authority; GAO would report within 4 years of implementation.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Carey, Mike [R-OH-15]
OH • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37]
TX • D
Sponsored 4/1/2025
Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1]
WV • R
Sponsored 4/1/2025
Rep. Ryan, Patrick [D-NY-18]
NY • D
Sponsored 4/1/2025
Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4]
AR • R
Sponsored 4/7/2025
Davis (NC)
NC • D
Sponsored 4/14/2025
Sewell
AL • D
Sponsored 4/17/2025
Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7]
CO • D
Sponsored 4/17/2025
Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
MI • D
Sponsored 4/17/2025
Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1]
KS • R
Sponsored 4/17/2025
Stansbury
NM • D
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
MO • R
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 5/19/2025
Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15]
PA • R
Sponsored 5/19/2025
Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11]
PA • R
Sponsored 5/20/2025
Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
NE • R
Sponsored 5/20/2025
Rep. Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2]
NM • D
Sponsored 6/2/2025
Kelly (PA)
PA • R
Sponsored 6/10/2025
Adams
NC • D
Sponsored 7/14/2025
Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]
NY • R
Sponsored 7/29/2025
Costa
CA • D
Sponsored 8/1/2025
Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
NY • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Rep. Bynum, Janelle S. [D-OR-5]
OR • D
Sponsored 9/15/2025
Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
NJ • D
Sponsored 9/15/2025
Norcross
NJ • D
Sponsored 10/3/2025
Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]
VA • D
Sponsored 10/8/2025
Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]
CA • D
Sponsored 10/14/2025
Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]
NE • R
Sponsored 11/25/2025
Rep. De La Cruz, Monica [R-TX-15]
TX • R
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25]
NY • D
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6]
MD • D
Sponsored 1/30/2026
Pfluger
TX • R
Sponsored 3/27/2026
Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
CO • D
Sponsored 3/26/2026
Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
SC • R
Sponsored 3/26/2026
Rep. Goodlander, Maggie [D-NH-2]
NH • D
Sponsored 3/26/2026
Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2]
NC • D
Sponsored 4/2/2026
Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
NY • D
Sponsored 4/2/2026
Mrvan
IN • D
Sponsored 4/2/2026
Crawford
AR • R
Sponsored 4/6/2026
Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
WA • R
Sponsored 4/6/2026
Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]
OR • D
Sponsored 4/29/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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