ENROLLED
ACT No. 269
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 408
BY REPRESENTATIVE JENKINS
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 33:4791.1(B)(2), relative to local governing authorities; to
3 provide relative to regulation of ambulance services, emergency medical services,
4 and aspects attendant to ambulance operation; to provide relative to rates charged for
5 such services; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 33:4791.1(B)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง4791.1. Regulation by local governing authorities of ambulance services,
9 emergency medical services, and aspects attendant to ambulance operation
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11 B. Every municipality or other local governing authority may protect the
12 public health, safety, and welfare by licensing, controlling, and regulating by
13 ordinance or resolution privately operated ambulance services, the furnishing of
14 emergency medical services, and any and all aspects attendant to ambulance
15 operations within the jurisdiction of the municipality or other local governing
16 authority. Every municipality or other local governing authority is empowered to
17 regulate the following:
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19 (2) Rates charged for the provision of ambulance services, in accordance
20 with federal law relative to medical reimbursement, including emergency medical
21 services. If the rates are set by a municipality or other local governing authority and
22 the ambulance service has not entered into a contract for alternative reimbursement,
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1 those rates shall be the minimum allowable charge under any health insurance policy
2 issued by any insurer regulated by the Department of Insurance.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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