HB182 Summary

• Extends the assessment on emergency medical transport providers through the fiscal quarter ending July 1, 2028 (previously scheduled to end July 1, 2025).

• Maintains a maximum assessment rate of 5.3 percent on emergency medical transport providers, calculated based on their gross receipts.

• Changes assessment payment deadline from the 30th to the 15th day of the month following each fiscal quarter, with a 10 percent penalty plus interest for late payments.

• Requires assessment revenues to fund state administrative costs (1 percent to Department of Revenue) and Medicaid enhancements ($175,000 per fiscal quarter for non-emergency transportation services).

• Establishes that emergency medical transport enhancements to providers will be based on the difference between Medicaid rates and average commercial insurance rates paid.