SLS 17RS-188 ENGROSSED 2017 Regular Session SENATE BILL NO. 34 BY SENATOR BOUDREAUX Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana. HEALTH SERVICES. Provides relative to emergency ground ambulance service providers. (gov sig) 1 AN ACT 2 To amend and reenact R.S. 46:2626(I)(5), relative to emergency ground ambulance service 3 providers; to provide for a definition; to provide for an effective date; and to provide 4 for related matters. 5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana: 6 Section 1. R.S. 46:2626(I)(5) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 7 ยง2626. Fees on emergency ground ambulance service providers; disposition of fees 8 * * * 9 I. For purposes of this Section, the following definitions apply: 10 * * * 11 (5) "Emergency ground ambulance service provider" means a private, for 12 profit, nonpublic, nonfederal provider of emergency ground ambulance service that 13 is contracted with a unit of local or parish government of Louisiana for the provision 14 of 911 emergency ground ambulance transportation on a regular twenty-four hours 15 per day and seven days per week basis services. 16 * * * 17 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not Page 1 of 2 Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law; words in boldface type and underscored are additions. SB NO. 34 SLS 17RS-188 ENGROSSED 1 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature 2 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If 3 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become 4 effective on the day following such approval. The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Christine Arbo Peck. DIGEST SB 34 Engrossed 2017 Regular Session Boudreaux Present law defines emergency ground ambulance service provider as a private, for profit, nonpublic, nonfederal provider. Proposed law amends definition of emergency ground ambulance service provider to include only nonpublic, nonfederal providers. Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action. (Amends R.S. 46:2626(I)(5)) Page 2 of 2 Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law; words in boldface type and underscored are additions.