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2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 783
BY REPRESENTATIVE HUVAL
HEALTH SERVICES: Provides for the maximum amount of fees assessed on emergency
ground ambulance service providers
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 46:2626(F)(5) and to repeal R.S. 46:2626(F)(6), relative to
3 emergency ground ambulance service providers; to provide for maximum fees on
4 emergency ground ambulance service providers; to provide for the duties of the
5 Louisiana Department of Health in fee assessment; to repeal the requirement that the
6 department publish certain information regarding the fee assessment; and to provide
7 for related matters.
8Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 46:2626(F)(5) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
10 ยง2626. Fees on emergency ground ambulance service providers; disposition of fees
11 * * *
12 F. Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, the
13 department shall adopt and promulgate, pursuant to the Administrative Procedure
14 Act and in compliance with Article VII, Section 10.14 of the Constitution of
15 Louisiana, a fee to be imposed pursuant to Subsection A of this Section in
16 accordance with all of the following:
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18 (5) Thereafter,After the initial year, the department shall assess each
19 emergency ground ambulance service provider a percentage fee, determined at the
20 discretion of the secretary subject to the provisions of Paragraph (3) of this
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1 Subsection in collaboration and with the express and written mutual agreement of the
2 emergency ground ambulance service providers subject to the assessment and which
3 make up a minimum of sixty-five percent of all emergency ground ambulance
4 transports in the state of Louisiana. The maximum fee allowable pursuant to this
5 Section in any year, shall not exceed three and one-half percent of the annual net
6 operating revenue of the emergency ground ambulance service provider the
7 percentage of net patient service revenues permitted by federal regulation pursuant
8 to 42 CFR 433.68 as determined by the department, as reported by the provider and
9 subject to audit for the previous fiscal year of the provider. The total amount of the
10 assessment shall be paid by the emergency ground ambulance service provider in
11 installments as prescribed by the secretary in conjunction with the agreement of
12 emergency ground ambulance service providers, and shall be due from the provider
13 within thirty days of the notification of the fee amount owed.
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15 Section 2. R.S. 46:2626(F)(6) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 783 Reengrossed 2018 Regular Session Huval
Abstract: Provides that the maximum amount of fees assessed to emergency ground
ambulance service providers shall not exceed the federal maximum allowable for the
year.
Present law provides that the La. Dept. of Health shall assess each emergency ground service
provider a percentage fee.
Present law provides that the maximum fee allowable in any year shall not exceed three and
one-half percent of the annual net operating revenue of the emergency ground ambulance
service provider.
Proposed law provides that the maximum fee allowable in any year shall not exceed the
percentage of net patient service revenues permitted by federal regulation pursuant to 42
CFR 433.68 as determined by the department.
Present law requires the La. Dept. of Health to publish in the official state journal the total
amount of the fee assessment and the corresponding applicable percentage of net operating
revenue that will be applied to assess the emergency ground service providers. Proposed law
repeals this requirement.
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(Amends R.S. 46:2626(F)(5); Repeals R.S. 46:2626(F)(6))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1. State the maximum fee allowable shall not exceed the percentage of net patient
service revenues permitted by federal regulation pursuant to 42 CFR 433.68 as
determined by the department instead of the federal maximum allowable for the
year in which the fee is proposed.
2. Make technical changes.
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