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House
File
977
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
977
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
APPROPRIATIONS
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
941)
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
249)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
expansion
of
the
ground
emergency
1
medical
transportation
program.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
249A.5
Ground
emergency
medical
1
transportation
——
expansion.
2
1.
The
department
shall
employ
dedicated
staff
for
the
sole
3
purpose
of
expanding
enrollment
in
the
ground
emergency
medical
4
transportation
program
established
pursuant
to
2018
Iowa
Acts,
5
ch.
1054.
The
staff
shall
provide
technical
assistance,
6
actuary
support,
and
Medicaid
enrollment
assistance
to
any
7
eligible
ground
emergency
medical
transportation
provider
8
that
seeks
participation
in
the
ground
emergency
medical
9
transportation
program.
The
department
shall
develop
the
10
ground
emergency
medical
transportation
program
to
ensure
11
access
to
emergency
medical
services
throughout
the
state.
12
2.
The
department
shall
submit
a
report
to
the
general
13
assembly
by
December
15
of
each
year
regarding
the
ground
14
emergency
medical
transportation
program,
which
shall
15
include
information
on
the
number
of
ground
emergency
medical
16
transportation
providers
enrolled
in
the
ground
emergency
17
medical
transportation
program,
the
number
of
ground
emergency
18
medical
transportation
providers
that
the
department
provided
19
assistance
to
in
the
prior
fiscal
year,
and
barriers
to
20
enrollment
in
the
ground
emergency
medical
transportation
21
program.
22
EXPLANATION
23
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
24
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
25
This
bill
relates
to
the
ground
emergency
medical
26
transportation
program.
The
bill
requires
the
department
of
27
health
and
human
services
(department)
to
employ
dedicated
28
staff
for
the
sole
purpose
of
expanding
enrollment
in
the
29
ground
emergency
medical
transportation
program.
The
bill
30
requires
the
staff
to
provide
technical
assistance,
actuary
31
support,
and
Medicaid
enrollment
assistance
to
eligible
32
ground
emergency
medical
transportation
providers
that
seek
33
participation
in
the
ground
emergency
medical
transportation
34
program.
The
bill
directs
the
department
to
develop
the
ground
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emergency
medical
transportation
program
to
ensure
access
to
1
emergency
medical
services
throughout
the
state.
The
bill
2
requires
the
department
to
submit
a
report
to
the
general
3
assembly
by
December
15
of
each
year
regarding
the
ground
4
emergency
medical
transportation
program,
which
shall
include
5
the
number
of
ground
emergency
medical
transportation
providers
6
enrolled
in
the
ground
emergency
medical
transportation
7
program,
the
number
of
ground
emergency
medical
transportation
8
providers
that
the
department
provided
assistance
to
in
the
9
prior
fiscal
year,
and
barriers
to
enrollment
in
the
ground
10
emergency
medical
transportation
program.
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