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2019 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 89
BY REPRESENTATIVE CARMODY
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health to study the potential delivery of
Medicaid-funded nonemergency transportation services by transportation network
companies and to report findings of the study to the House Committee on
Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Finance, and the legislative committees
on health and welfare.
WHEREAS, cost control in the state Medicaid program is an urgent priority of the
legislature; and
WHEREAS, by providing a greater degree of consumer choice, an authorization for
transportation network companies to furnish nonemergency transportation services to
Medicaid enrollees would likely improve the quality and accessibility of services as well as
produce substantial cost savings for the state; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana should consider authorizing transportation network
companies to contract with the state Medicaid agency or Medicaid managed care
organizations for provision of nonemergency transportation services only if federal
requirements for equitable access to services can be satisfied and passenger safety standards
can be assured to meet or exceed those currently in effect for the state's Medicaid
transportation program; and
WHEREAS, exploring innovative solutions for reducing Medicaid costs while
protecting and promoting the health of Medicaid enrollees is in the best interest of this state.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health to study the potential delivery of
Medicaid-funded nonemergency transportation services by transportation network
companies.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in conducting the study called for in this
Resolution, the department shall examine the benefits and costs of the potential delivery of
both nonemergency medical and nonmedical transportation services by transportation
network companies.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the department may consider as models for
Medicaid nonemergency transportation the service and regulatory systems proposed in
House Bill No. 129 of this 2019 Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana, House Bill
No. 411 of the 2019 Regular Session of the Florida Legislature, House Bill No. 1576 of the
Eighty-Sixth Texas Legislature, and any other state legislation proposing to authorize the
delivery of Medicaid-funded nonemergency transportation services by transportation
network companies.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Louisiana Department of Health shall issue
findings from the study called for in this Resolution in the form of a report to the House
Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Finance, the House Committee on
Health and Welfare, and the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare no later than thirty
days prior to the convening of the 2020 Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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