HB 2280 Summary

• Creates a new "certificate of operation" for interfacility transfer ambulance services operating in counties with populations exceeding three million persons, requiring registration, fit and proper determination, fees, and surety bonds.

• Defines "interfacility transfer ambulance service" as ambulances used exclusively for nonemergency ground transportation of patients between health care institutions.

• Initial certificates of operation are valid for one year, with renewals for three-year terms if requirements are met; certificates are not transferable without director approval and do not confer property rights.

• Establishes separate rate-setting provisions for interfacility transfer ambulance services, allowing both basic and advanced life support rates based on staffing, equipment, and services provided.

• Applies existing ambulance service regulations (insurance, bonds, records, investigations, penalties) to interfacility transfer ambulance services while exempting them from certificate of necessity requirements.