2024 Regular SessionMississippi Legislature

HB1629: Ambulance service providers; provide for minimum rate of reimbursement under any policy of accident and sickness insurance.

Legislative Summary

An Act To Provide That The Minimum Allowable Reimbursement Rate Under Any Policy Of Accident And Sickness Insurance To A Participating Ambulance Service Provider Or An Out-of-network Ambulance Service Provider Shall Be The Greater Of The Rates Contracted Between An Ambulance Service Provider And A County, Municipality Or Special Purpose District Or Authority, Or Otherwise Approved Or Established By Ordinance Or Regulation Enacted By Any Such County, Municipality Or Special Purpose District Or Authority, Or Three Hundred Twenty-five Percent Of The Reimbursement Allowed By Medicare For Services Originating In Rural Areas; To Define The Term "ambulance Service Provider" For The Purposes Of This Act; To Provide That If An Ambulance Service Provider's Billed Charges Are Less Than The Minimum Allowable Reimbursement Rate Provided For In This Act, Then Such Minimum Allowable Reimbursement Rate Shall Be The Provider's Billed Charges; And For Related Purposes.

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Bill History

2/19/2024
Referred To Insurance
House of Representatives
3/5/2024
Title Suff Do Pass
House of Representatives
3/13/2024
Passed
House of Representatives
3/14/2024
Transmitted To Senate
House of Representatives
3/21/2024
Referred To Insurance
Senate
4/2/2024
Died In Committee
Senate

Roll Call Votes

House Passed
3/13/2024
121
Yea
0
Nay
1
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Failed(4/2/2024)
Chamber
Senate
Sine Die

Documents

Engrossed
Bill Text3/14/20245.1 KB
Introduced
Bill Text2/20/20244.8 KB