WV HB5255 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)
Status: Introduced on January 29 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-16 - To House Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 29 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-16 - To House Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
The purpose of this bill is to establish that an emergency medical services agency may triage and transport a patient to an alternative destination in this state or treat in place if the ambulance service is coordinating the care of the patient through medical command or telehealth services and to require insurance plans to provide coverage for those services.
Title
To require insurance companies to reimburse ambulance agencies for providing treatment in place or transportation to alternative destinations
Sponsors
| Del. Joseph Statler [R] | Del. Phil Mallow [R] | Del. Charles Sheedy [R] | Del. Joe Ellington [R] |
| Del. Christopher Toney [R] | Del. Roland Jennings [R] | Del. Kayla Young [D] | Del. Amy Summers [R] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-16 | House | To House Judiciary |
| 2024-02-16 | House | With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary |
| 2024-01-29 | House | To House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services |
| 2024-01-29 | House | Introduced in House |
| 2024-01-29 | House | To Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services then Judiciary |
| 2024-01-29 | House | Filed for introduction |
Same As/Similar To
SB533 (Similar To) 2024-04-23 - Chapter 214, Acts, Regular Session, 2024
Subjects
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 4C | 26 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 16 | 4C | 3 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
| 33 | 63 | 1 | New Code | See Bill Text |
