Mississippi House Bill 1631

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on March 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Be Known As The Mississippi Triage, Treat And Transport To Alternative Destination Act; To Provide That Policies Of Accident And Sickness Insurance Shall Provide Coverage For An Ambulance Service To Treat Or Assess An Enrollee In Place, Or Triage Or Triage And Transport An Enrollee To An Alterative Destination, Or An Encounter Between An Ambulance Service And Enrollee That Results Without Transport Of The Enrollee Under The Policy; To Provide That The Coverage Required Under This Section Is Subject To The Initiation Of Ambulance Service Treatment As A Result Of A 911 Call That Is Documented In The Records Of The Ambulance Service And Subject To Deductibles Or Copayment Requirements Of The Policy, And Does Not Diminish Or Limit Benefits Otherwise Allowable Under The Policy; To Provide That The Reimbursement Rate For An Ambulance Service Provider Whose Operators Assess, Triage, Treat Or Transport An Enrollee To An Alternative Destination Shall Be Not Less Than The Advanced Life Support Rate With Mileage To The Scene; To Provide That The Minimum Allowable Reimbursement Rate Under Any Policy Of Accident And Sickness Insurance To A Participating Ambulance Service Provider Or An Out-of-network Ambulance Service Provider Shall Be The Greater Of The Rates Contracted Between An Ambulance Service Provider And A County, Municipality Or Special Purpose District Or Authority, Or Otherwise Approved Or Established By Ordinance Or Regulation Enacted By Any Such County, Municipality Or Special Purpose District Or Authority, Or Three Hundred Twenty-five Percent Of The Reimbursement Allowed By Medicare For Services Originating In Rural Areas; To Provide That If An Ambulance Service Provider's Billed Charges Are Less Than The Minimum Allowable Reimbursement Rate Provided For In This Act, Then Such Minimum Allowable Reimbursement Rate Shall Be The Provider's Billed Charges; And For Related Purposes.

Ambulance services; provide for payment for treatment in place and provide for minimum reimbursement rate in health insurance policies.

Rep. Lester Carpenter [R]

Rep. Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-05	House	Died In Committee
2024-02-19	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services;Insurance

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/HB/HB1631.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1631IN.htm