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 > 31 ______________________________ KAUFMANN of Cedar -1- HF2285.3510 (2) 87 pf/rh 1/ 1 #1. #2.