HLS 24RS-722 ORIGINAL
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 417
BY REPRESENTATIVE LYONS
HEALTH CARE/PROVIDERS: Provides relative to NEMT providers
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 40:1257.5, relative to nonemergency medical transportation providers; to
3 require methods for review; to require the Louisiana Department of Health to
4 conduct an evaluation; to require feedback; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 40:1257.5 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง1257.5. NEMT single-provider system; requirements for departmental evaluation
8 A. Before implementing a nonemergency medical transportation plan
9 utilizing a single transportation company to provide services, the department shall
10 evaluate its internal systems and determine whether implementing such a plan is
11 beneficial to the healthcare community.
12 B.(1) In accordance with this Section, the department's evaluation shall
13 consist of responses gathered from a representative number of healthcare providers
14 who use or are affiliated with the NEMT system.
15 (2) The department shall determine the best method for response submission.
16 C. The department shall consider the responses submitted in accordance with
17 Subsection B of this Section to make its determination.
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HB NO. 417
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 417 Original 2024 Regular Session Lyons
Abstract: Requires the La. Dept. of Health to evaluate its internal systems before
implementing plans to utilize a single transportation company to provide NEMT
services.
Proposed law requires the La. Dept. of Health (LDH) to evaluate its internal systems and
determine whether implementing a nonemergency medical transportation (NEMT) plan
utilizing a single transportation company to provide services is beneficial to the healthcare
community.
Proposed law requires LDH's internal evaluation to include responses gathered from a
representative number of healthcare providers who use or are affiliated with the NEMT
system. Proposed law further requires LDH to determine the best method for response
submission.
Proposed law requires LDH to consider the responses submitted in accordance with
proposed law to make its determination.
(Adds R.S. 40:1257.5)
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