Bill Text: IA SF2149 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to supplemental reimbursement for publicly owned or operated ground emergency medical transportation providers through the Medicaid program, and including effective date provisions.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-07 - Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. [SF2149 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF2149-Introduced.html

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Senate File 2149 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  RAGAN, MATHIS, JOCHUM,
                                     McCOY, ALLEN, KINNEY,
                                     BOWMAN, DOTZLER,
                                     DVORSKY, BISIGNANO,
                                     LYKAM, BOULTON,
                                     BOLKCOM, HOGG,
                                     DANIELSON, PETERSEN,
                                     HART, TAYLOR, D.
                                     JOHNSON, and QUIRMBACH

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to supplemental reimbursement for publicly
  2    owned or operated ground emergency medical transportation
  3    providers through the Medicaid program, and including
  4    effective date provisions.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES == SUBMISSION OF
  1  2 MEDICAID STATE PLAN AMENDMENT == SUPPLEMENTAL REIMBURSEMENT FOR
  1  3 ELIGIBLE GROUND EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
  1  4    1.  By July 1, 2018, the department of human services
  1  5 shall submit a Medicaid state plan amendment to the
  1  6 centers for Medicare and Medicaid services of the United
  1  7 States department of health and human services to request
  1  8 authorization to establish and administer a methodology to
  1  9 provide supplemental reimbursement to eligible ground emergency
  1 10 medical transportation providers that provide ground emergency
  1 11 medical transportation services to Medicaid beneficiaries.
  1 12 Supplemental reimbursements shall be available only for the
  1 13 uncompensated care costs incurred by eligible ground emergency
  1 14 medical transportation providers for providing ground emergency
  1 15 medical transportation services to Medicaid beneficiaries.
  1 16 The department shall implement applicability of the
  1 17 supplemental reimbursement to eligible ground emergency medical
  1 18 transportation providers upon receipt of federal approval.
  1 19    2.  For the purposes of this section:
  1 20    a.  "Advanced life support" means special services designed
  1 21 to provide definitive prehospital emergency medical care,
  1 22 including but not limited to cardiopulmonary resuscitation,
  1 23 cardiac monitoring, cardiac defibrillation, advanced airway
  1 24 management, intravenous therapy, administration of drugs and
  1 25 other medicinal preparations, and other specified techniques
  1 26 and procedures.
  1 27    b.  "Basic life support" means emergency first aid and
  1 28 cardiopulmonary resuscitation procedures to maintain life
  1 29 without invasive techniques.
  1 30    c.  "Eligible ground emergency medical transportation
  1 31 provider" means a provider who is eligible to receive
  1 32 supplemental payments, provides ground emergency medical
  1 33 transportation services to Medicaid beneficiaries continuously
  1 34 during the claiming period, is enrolled as a Medicaid provider
  1 35 during the period being claimed, and is owned or operated by an
  2  1 eligible governmental entity, including but not limited to the
  2  2 state, a city, county, city and county, or fire district.
  2  3    d.  "Ground emergency medical transportation services" means
  2  4 both the act of transporting an individual from any point of
  2  5 origin to the nearest medical facility capable of meeting the
  2  6 emergency medical needs of the individual, as well as the
  2  7 advanced life support, limited=advanced life support, and basic
  2  8 life support services provided to an individual by ground
  2  9 emergency medical transportation providers before or during the
  2 10 act of transportation.
  2 11    e.  "Limited advanced life support" means special services
  2 12 to provide prehospital emergency medical care limited to
  2 13 techniques and procedures that exceed basic life support but
  2 14 are less than advanced life support services.
  2 15    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate
  2 16 importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  2 17                           EXPLANATION
  2 18 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  2 19 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  2 20       This bill directs the department of human services,
  2 21 by July 1, 2018, to submit a state plan amendment to the
  2 22 centers for Medicare and Medicaid services of the United
  2 23 States department of health and human services to request
  2 24 authorization to establish and administer a methodology to
  2 25 provide supplemental reimbursement to eligible ground emergency
  2 26 medical transportation providers. Supplemental reimbursements
  2 27 provided by the program shall be available only for the
  2 28 uncompensated care costs incurred by eligible ground emergency
  2 29 medical transportation providers. The bill takes effect upon
  2 30 enactment.
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