FL S0528

Authorizes licensed basic life support or advanced life support ambulance services to provide nonemergency Medicaid transportation in permitted ambulances in any county at the request of an eligible plan.

Exempts these ambulance services from obtaining a certificate of public convenience and necessity when providing nonemergency Medicaid transportation through an eligible plan, subcontracted transportation broker, or transportation broker administering the benefit for the Agency for Health Care Administration.

Applies to transportation brokers and ambulance services contracted with Medicaid plans or the state agency administering nonemergency transportation benefits.

Takes effect July 1, 2020.