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GA SB500
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/13/2024
Primary Sponsor
Clint Dixon
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AI Summary
- Adds a new definition of "ground ambulance service" to Georgia Code Section 31-11-31.2, specifying it as an ambulance service operating specially constructed motor vehicles registered with the Department of Public Health for emergency patient transportation
- Requires that if the Board of Community Health establishes a provider matching payment subclass that includes ground ambulance services responding to 9-1-1 emergency calls, ground ambulance services that do not respond to or are not dispatched through the 9-1-1 system must be given the option to join that subclass
- Provider matching payments must comply with federal regulations (42 C.F.R. 433.68) and cannot exceed the amount needed to obtain federal financial participation under Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act
- The Board must cease imposing provider matching payments if they become ineligible for federal matching funds or if the Department of Community Health reduces Medicaid payment rates to ambulance providers below rates in effect on June 30, 2021
- Amends Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, sponsored by Senators Dixon (45th), Watson (1st), Albers (56th), Hufstetler (52nd), and Still (48th)
Legislative Description
Health; certain requirements relating to subclasses of ground ambulance services; provide
Last Action
Senate Read and Referred
2/15/2024
Committee Referrals
Health and Human Services2/15/2024
Full Bill Text
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