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Committee advances ambulance reimbursement bill with amendment that creates study commission; members warn funding depends on separate measure
Summary
Committee approved an amendment to House Bill 316 that retains the study commission and removes immediate reimbursement-rate changes; members said a separate bill (HB725) would be necessary to realize higher payment rates.
The House Commerce and Consumer Affairs Committee voted to advance House Bill 316 with amendment 1056, a change that retains a study commission on ambulance reimbursement and removes language that would have set default reimbursement rates. Representative Miles presented the amendment; the committee then voted to move HB 316 as amended.
Representative Miles, introducing the amendment, said it maintains the original study commission language while removing the sections that would adjust rates immediately, and left…
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