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Proposal would raise Medicaid ambulance rates statewide by 10%; fiscal note estimated at about $5 million yearly
Summary
Senate File 13-26 would increase Medicaid payment rates for ambulance services by 10% statewide (effective July 1, 2026); testimony said a fiscal estimate provided to House-side sponsors placed the cost near $5 million per year ($10 million biennium). The committee adopted an author's amendment and laid the bill over.
Senate File 13-26, introduced by Senator Hauschildt, would increase Medicaid payment rates for ambulance services by 10 percent statewide, extending rate increases to managed care and county-based purchasing. Sponsors said the last Medicaid rate increase for ambulance services occurred in 2016 and applied only outside several…
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