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CA AB2173
Bill
Status
Passed
9/29/2010
Primary Sponsor
Juan Arambula
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AI Summary
- Imposes a $4 penalty on every conviction for a vehicle code violation (except parking offenses) to fund emergency medical air transportation services
- Requires counties to establish emergency medical air transportation act funds and transfer collected penalties to the state Controller quarterly
- Creates state Emergency Medical Air Transportation Act Fund administered by the Department of Health Care Services to augment Medi-Cal reimbursement rates for air ambulance providers
- Allocates 20% of fund (after administrative costs) to offset state portion of Medi-Cal reimbursement and 80% to augment air ambulance reimbursement payments
- Penalty assessment terminates January 1, 2016, with remaining unexpended funds transferred to General Fund on June 30, 2017, and all provisions repealed January 1, 2018
Legislative Description
Emergency medical air transportation providers: penalty
Last Action
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 547, Statutes of 2010.
9/29/2010
Committee Referrals
Appropriations7/15/2010
Public Safety6/24/2010
Health6/10/2010
Rules6/3/2010
Appropriations4/14/2010
Health3/4/2010
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