Bill Text: NH SB409 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to reimbursement for ambulance services under the state Medicaid plan andmaking an appropriation therefor and making an appropriation to the department ofhealth and human services to support recreational activities for individuals withdevelopmental disabilities.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-6)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-23 - Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1862h and 2024-2026h: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 05/23/2024 House Journal 14 [SB409 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2024-SB409-Introduced.html
SB 409-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2024 SESSION
24-3045
05/10
SENATE BILL 409-FN
AN ACT relative to reimbursement for ambulance services under the state Medicaid plan.
SPONSORS: Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Chandley, Dist 11; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Rep. Goley, Hills. 21; Rep. S. Pearson, Rock. 13; Rep. Stringham, Graf. 3; Rep. Wolf, Merr. 7
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
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ANALYSIS
This bill directs the department of health and human services to submit an amendment to the state Medicaid plan regarding reimbursement for ambulance services.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-3045
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to reimbursement for ambulance services under the state Medicaid plan.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services; State Medicaid Plan Amendment Regarding Ambulance Services. Amend RSA 126-A:5 by inserting after paragraph XXXIV the following new paragraph:
XXXV. The commissioner shall submit to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) an amendment to the state Medicaid plan to provide reimbursement for ambulance services when care is provided in response to an emergency call to a member’s home or on a scene, when an ambulance is dispatched, and treatment is provided to the patient without the patient being transported to another site. Providers shall be eligible for Medicaid reimbursement under this paragraph only when all the following requirements are met:
(a) The response originated through a 9-1-1 call.
(b) The patient consents to evaluation and treatment.
(c) After the evaluation, and when indicated, treatment, the licensed paramedic or emergency medical technician (EMT) and the patient agree there is not a need for transportation by ambulance; this shall include when resuscitation efforts are terminated.
(d) The patient does not request and actively refuses transport to an emergency department for evaluation.
(e) The patient is stable for referral to the patient’s physician, other community resource or is deceased.
(f) The patient has the ability, including mental capacity and transportation resources, to obtain assistance and medically indicated follow-up.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
24-3045
12/4/23
SB 409-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to reimbursement for ambulance services under the state Medicaid plan.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Due to time constraints, the Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to provide a fiscal note for this bill, as introduced, at this time. When completed, the fiscal note will be forwarded to the Senate Clerk's Office.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Health and Human Services
