HLS 23RS-799 ORIGINAL
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 508
BY REPRESENTATIVE PIERRE
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
MEDICAID: Provides relative to the exclusion of Medicaid reimbursement from certain
revenues
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 46:2626(I)(7), relative to the exclusion of Medicaid
3 reimbursement from certain revenues; to provide for definitions; to remove the
4 Medicaid reimbursement exclusion from the "net operating revenue" definition; and
5 to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 46:2626(I)(7) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง2626. Fees on emergency ground ambulance service providers; disposition of fees
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10 I. For purposes of this Section, the following definitions apply:
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12 (7) "Net operating revenue" means the gross revenues of the emergency
13 ground ambulance service provider for the provision of emergency and
14 nonemergency ground ambulance transportation services, excluding any Medicaid
15 reimbursements, less any deducted amounts for bad debts, charity care, and payer
16 discounts.
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are additions. HLS 23RS-799 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 508
DIGEST
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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 508 Original 2023 Regular Session Pierre
Abstract: Removes the Medicaid exclusion from the "net operating revenue" definition.
Present law defines "net operating revenue" as the gross revenues of the emergency ground
ambulance service provider for the provision of emergency and nonemergency ground
ambulance transportation services, excluding any Medicaid reimbursements, minus any
deducted amounts for bad debts, charity care, and payer discounts.
Proposed law removes the Medicaid exclusion from the definition. Proposed law otherwise
retains present law.
(Amends R.S. 46:2626(I)(7))
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