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Committee endorses bill to set state ambulance base rates, cap drug costs and ban balance billing
Summary
Lawmakers voted unanimously to recommend HB 301, which sets statewide maximum base rates for ground ambulance transport, rolls supply costs into the base rate and bans balance billing while requiring insurers to reimburse established rates; sponsors added a sunset and audit review in two years.
The House Business, Labor and Commerce Standing Committee recommended HB 301 favorably after sponsors, ambulance providers and insurers described a negotiated second substitute that sets statewide maximum rates for ambulance services, caps medication costs in transports and prohibits balance billing.
Representative Malloy, sponsor of HB 301, said the bill "ensures fair and transparent ambulance pricing in Utah by setting sustainable base rates for transport, mileage, and medications" and would "prevent surprise billings" by requiring insurers to cover established rates and pay providers promptly.
Under the second substitute presented to the committee, the bill increases existing state-authorized base rates by 5% to help providers cover supplies…
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