RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 299 (HB 204) 2019 Regular Session Pierre
Existing law authorizes the La. Department of Health (LDH) to impose fees for the provision
of Medicaid-funded healthcare services, commonly known as "provider fees", on emergency
ground ambulance service providers. Provides for the amount and disposition of such fees.
Existing law authorizes LDH to collect a provider fee from every emergency ground
ambulance service provider on each emergency ground ambulance transport contingent upon
certain conditions being satisfied.
New law retains existing law and adds nonemergency ground ambulance transport as a
service for which emergency ground ambulance service providers may be assessed provider
fees.
New law adds references to nonemergency ground ambulance transportation services to the
following provisions of existing law which refer to emergency ground ambulance
transportation services:
(1)Provisions relative to provider fees.
(2)Provisions relative to provider reimbursement enhancements.
(3)Provisions relative to uses of funds from the Emergency Ground Ambulance Service
Provider Trust Fund Account within the La. Medical Assistance Trust Fund.
Effective August 1, 2019.
(Amends R.S. 46:2626(F)(1)(intro. para.), (G)(1) and (5), (H)(1)(d), and (I)(7))