PRINTER'S NO. 3285
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2404
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY CAUSER, GILLEN, CUTLER, BANTA, BOROWSKI, M. BROWN,
HAMM, JAMES, R. MACKENZIE, MOUL, OBERLANDER, OWLETT, PICKETT,
ROAE, STENDER, STRUZZI, VENKAT AND WARREN, JUNE 10, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES, JUNE 10, 2024
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An
act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public
welfare laws of the Commonwealth," in public assistance,
providing for nontransport emergency transportation services.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known
as the Human Services Code, is amended by adding a section to
read:
Section 443.15. Nontransport Emergency Transportation
Services.--Beginning July 1, 2024, reimbursement for emergency
services for an enrollee that did not require transport or
refused to be transported, rendered by a licensed emergency
medical services agency shall be the greater of the highest
Medicare rates published in the Ambulance Fee Schedule Public
Use File for calendar year 2023 or the current Medicaid
Ambulance Fees as updated by Medical Assistance Bulletin 26-22-
07 effective date January 1, 2023, beginning January 1, 2024,
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for services provided under the Medical Assistance - Fee-for-
Service, Medical Assistance - Capitation and Medical Assistance
- Community HealthChoices appropriations in the act of August 3,
2023 (P.L.471, No.1A), known as the General Appropriation Act of
2023.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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