HLS 23RS-802 ORIGINAL
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 349
BY REPRESENTATIVES ST. BLANC AND TURNER
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
MEDICAID: Provides relative to funding for reimbursement of emergency ambulance
transportation services
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 46:460.55, relative to emergency ambulance transportation services; to
3 establish reimbursement provisions; to prohibit the use of certain funds for
4 emergency ambulance transportation provider reimbursement; and to provide for
5 related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 46:460.55 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง460.55. Emergency transportation funding
9 Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no state general funds or federal
10 funds appropriated to the Louisiana Department of Health may be used to reimburse
11 emergency ambulance providers for services provided to Medicaid beneficiaries
12 through managed care. Such appropriated funds may only be used to reimburse
13 emergency ambulance transportation providers directly by the Louisiana Department
14 of Health on a fee-for-service basis.
Page 1 of 2
CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 23RS-802 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 349
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 349 Original 2023 Regular Session St. Blanc
Abstract: Prohibits the use of certain funds for emergency ambulance transportation
service reimbursement.
Proposed law prohibits state general funds and federal funds appropriated to the La. Dept.
of Health (LDH) from being used to reimburse emergency ambulance providers for services
provided to Medicaid beneficiaries through managed care.
Proposed law further provides that appropriated funds may only be used to reimburse
emergency ambulance transportation providers directly by LDH on a fee-for-service basis.
(Adds R.S. 46:460.55)
Page 2 of 2
CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.