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Legislative committee approves consultant search for ambulance billing study; orders provider survey
Summary
The Emergency Response Services Committee approved a request-for-proposal process to hire a consultant to run a survey and study on ambulance billing and delinquent-payment reimbursement. The committee also asked staff to prepare a second, broader study on fire-service organization and response; both actions are steps in a multi-meeting interim.
The Legislature's Emergency Response Services Committee voted to authorize a consultant-led study of ambulance billing and delinquent-payment reimbursement and directed staff to develop a public request for proposals to run a statewide survey of providers. The motion implements language in House Bill 1322, which appropriated $20,000 to the study. The committee also directed legislative staff to draft a second, broader study scope on evolving fire service organization and regional response (no consultant funds were attached to that second scope).
The committee majority framed the action as a practical next step after three hours of testimony and written reports describing recruitment and retention…
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