House File 2285 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 2285 BY COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2103) (As Amended and Passed by the House February 20, 2018 ) A BILL FOR An Act relating to supplemental reimbursement for eligible 1 ground emergency medical transportation providers through 2 the Medicaid program, and including effective date 3 provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 HF 2285 (2) 87 pf/rh/md

H.F. 2285 Section 1. SUPPLEMENTAL REIMBURSEMENT FOR GROUND EMERGENCY 1 MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES PROVIDED TO MEDICAID 2 BENEFICIARIES. 3 1. The department of human services shall submit a Medicaid 4 state plan amendment to the centers for Medicare and Medicaid 5 services of the United States department of health and human 6 services to request authorization to establish and administer a 7 methodology to provide supplemental reimbursement to eligible 8 ground emergency medical transportation providers that provide 9 ground emergency medical transportation services to Medicaid 10 beneficiaries. For the purposes of this section, “eligible 11 ground emergency medical transportation provider” means a 12 provider who provides ground emergency medical transportation 13 services to Medicaid beneficiaries and is enrolled as a 14 Medicaid provider during the period being claimed. 15 2. The emergency medical transportation intergovernmental 16 transfer obligation established under this section is 17 contingent upon the continuation of the federal Medicaid 18 funding methodology in effect on the effective date of this 19 Act. If the federal methodology is changed after the effective 20 date of this Act in a manner that negatively impacts the 21 intergovernmental transfer obligation, as determined by the 22 department, the department shall no longer be obligated to 23 continue the intergovernmental transfer. 24 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 25 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 26 -1- HF 2285 (2) 87 pf/rh/md 1/ 1