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2021 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 196
BY REPRESENTATIVE LYONS
A RESOLUTION
To urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health to study Medicaid rates for
nonemergency medical transportation services and potential means of financing of
those services and to report findings of the study to the House Committee on
Appropriations and the House Committee on Health and Welfare.
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Department of Health administers the Medicaid program
of this state; and
WHEREAS, nonemergency, non-ambulance medical transportation (NEMT) services
are a critical part of the Medicaid program of this state and are required by federal Medicaid
policy; and
WHEREAS, NEMT providers facilitate access by Medicaid enrollees to vital
healthcare services; and
WHEREAS, NEMT providers are experiencing increasing business costs due to a
steep escalation in the cost of the vehicle insurance that they are required by the state
Medicaid program to carry; and
WHEREAS, reforms and innovations in the NEMT program are necessary in order
to better serve Medicaid enrollees and to improve the program overall; and
WHEREAS, increasing the rates paid to NEMT providers could strengthen the
NEMT network and enhance access to care for the Medicaid enrollees of this state.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health
to study Medicaid rates for nonemergency medical transportation services and potential
means of financing of those services.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Louisiana Department of Health shall report
findings of the study called for in this Resolution to the House Committee on Appropriations
and the House Committee on Health and Welfare on or before October 1, 2021.
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
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