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EMS providers and associations back SB 916 to require transparent ambulance billing
Summary
Supporters including the Texas Ambulance Association, local fire‑EMS chiefs and county EMS leaders told the Senate Health and Human Services Committee SB 916 would protect consumers by requiring clear ambulance billing rates and allowing political subdivisions to adjust rates annually. The committee closed testimony and left the bill pending.
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee received public testimony on Senate Bill 916, a consumer-protection measure that would require transparency in emergency medical services (EMS) billing and authorize political subdivisions to set predictable annual pricing adjustments tied to a Medicare ambulance inflation factor.
Rachel Harak Singh, representing the Texas Ambulance Association, testified the bill is “a consumer protection…
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