Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides formulas for Medicaid reimbursement of ambulance service providers for emergency ambulance services, non-emergency ambulance services, mileage, advanced life support services, and specialty care transport services. Provides that the requirement for payment of ground ambulance services by the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services is met if the services are provided pursuant to a request for evaluation, treatment, and transport for an individual with a condition of such a nature that a prudent layperson would have reasonably expected that a delay in seeking immediate medical attention would have been hazardous to life or health. Requires the Department to annually update the ambulance fee schedule rates on July 1 of each year. Makes other changes.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-4)

Status: (Passed) 2009-11-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0821 [HB0542 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

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Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Barbara Currie [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-025	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Sara Feigenholtz [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-006	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sandy Cole [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-062	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Rosemary Mulligan [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-065	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Patrick Verschoore [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-072	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Patricia Bellock [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-047	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michael Smith [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-091	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mary Flowers [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-031	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Louis Lang [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-016	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Linda LaVia [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-083	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Keith Farnham [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-043	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jack Franks [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-063	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Daniel Beiser [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-111	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Dan Reitz [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-116	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Brandon Phelps [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-118	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative William Black [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-104	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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