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Panel leaves SB 916 pending to extend ban on balance billing for municipal ground ambulance services
Summary
Senate Bill 916 would extend an existing prohibition on balance billing by municipal ground ambulance services from Sept. 1, 2025 to Sept. 1, 2027, authorize HHSC enforcement actions and require locally‑set rates not to exceed inflationary increases; committee left the bill pending after invited testimony.
Senate Bill 916, laid out in the Health & Human Services Committee and explained by Senator Zaffirini as a consumer‑protection measure, would extend protections that prohibit municipal ground ambulance services from balance billing patients.
Senator Zaffirini told the committee SB 916 would extend the existing prohibition from Sept. 1, 2025 to Sept. 1, 2027; authorize the Department of…
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