MS HB1629 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: Failed on April 2 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: Failed on April 2 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]
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.
Title
Ambulance service providers; provide for minimum rate of reimbursement under any policy of accident and sickness insurance.
Sponsors
| Rep. Lester Carpenter [R] | Rep. Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes [R] | Rep. Manly Barton [R] | Rep. William Arnold [R] |
| Rep. John Hines [D] | Rep. Carl Mickens [D] |
Roll Calls
2024-03-13 - House - House Passed (Y: 121 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-02 | Senate | Died In Committee |
| 2024-03-21 | Senate | Referred To Insurance |
| 2024-03-14 | House | Transmitted To Senate |
| 2024-03-13 | House | Passed |
| 2024-03-05 | House | Title Suff Do Pass |
| 2024-02-19 | House | Referred To Insurance |
