Bill Text: IA HF2285 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to supplemental reimbursement for eligible ground emergency medical transportation providers through the Medicaid program, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 2103.) Effective 3-29-18.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2018-03-29 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 709. [HF2285 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF2285-Enrolled.html

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House File 2285 - Enrolled




                              HOUSE FILE       
                              BY  COMMITTEE ON LOCAL
                                  GOVERNMENT

                              (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2103)
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                                   A BILL FOR
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                                        House File 2285

                             AN ACT
 RELATING TO SUPPLEMENTAL REIMBURSEMENT FOR ELIGIBLE
    GROUND EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS THROUGH
    THE MEDICAID PROGRAM, AND INCLUDING EFFECTIVE DATE
    PROVISIONS.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1.  SUPPLEMENTAL REIMBURSEMENT FOR GROUND EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES PROVIDED TO MEDICAID
 BENEFICIARIES.
    1.  The department of human services shall submit a Medicaid
 state plan amendment to the centers for Medicare and Medicaid
 services of the United States department of health and human
 services to request authorization to establish and administer a
 methodology to provide supplemental reimbursement to eligible
 ground emergency medical transportation providers that provide
 ground emergency medical transportation services to Medicaid
 beneficiaries. For the purposes of this section, "eligible
 ground emergency medical transportation provider" means a
 provider who provides ground emergency medical transportation
 services to Medicaid beneficiaries and is enrolled as a
 Medicaid provider during the period being claimed.
    2.  The emergency medical transportation intergovernmental
 transfer obligation established under this section is
 contingent upon the continuation of the federal Medicaid
 funding methodology in effect on the effective date of this
 Act.  If the federal methodology is changed after the effective
 date of this Act in a manner that negatively impacts the
 intergovernmental transfer obligation, as determined by the
 department, the department shall no longer be obligated to
 continue the intergovernmental transfer.
    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate
 importance, takes effect upon enactment.


                                                                                            LINDA UPMEYER


                                                                                            CHARLES SCHNEIDE


                                                                                            CARMINE BOAL


                                                                                            KIM REYNOLDS

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