House
File
2285
H-8044
Amend
House
File
2285
as
follows:
1
1.
By
striking
everything
after
the
enacting
clause
and
2
inserting:
3
<
Section
1.
SUPPLEMENTAL
REIMBURSEMENT
FOR
GROUND
4
EMERGENCY
MEDICAL
TRANSPORTATION
SERVICES
PROVIDED
TO
MEDICAID
5
BENEFICIARIES.
6
1.
The
department
of
human
services
shall
submit
a
Medicaid
7
state
plan
amendment
to
the
centers
for
Medicare
and
Medicaid
8
services
of
the
United
States
department
of
health
and
human
9
services
to
request
authorization
to
establish
and
administer
a
10
methodology
to
provide
supplemental
reimbursement
to
eligible
11
ground
emergency
medical
transportation
providers
that
provide
12
ground
emergency
medical
transportation
services
to
Medicaid
13
beneficiaries.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section,
“eligible
14
ground
emergency
medical
transportation
provider”
means
a
15
provider
who
provides
ground
emergency
medical
transportation
16
services
to
Medicaid
beneficiaries
and
is
enrolled
as
a
17
Medicaid
provider
during
the
period
being
claimed.
18
2.
The
emergency
medical
transportation
intergovernmental
19
transfer
obligation
established
under
this
section
is
20
contingent
upon
the
continuation
of
the
federal
Medicaid
21
funding
methodology
in
effect
on
the
effective
date
of
this
22
Act.
If
the
federal
methodology
is
changed
after
the
effective
23
date
of
this
Act
in
a
manner
that
negatively
impacts
the
24
intergovernmental
transfer
obligation,
as
determined
by
the
25
department,
the
department
shall
no
longer
be
obligated
to
26
continue
the
intergovernmental
transfer.
27
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
28
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
>
29
2.
Title
page,
lines
1
and
2,
by
striking
<
publicly
owned
or
30
operated
>
and
inserting
<
eligible
>
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