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2024 SESSION
24-3045.1
05/10
SENATE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT relative to reimbursement for ambulance services under the state Medicaid plan.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-3045.1
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.