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Panel advances one-year extension and study of nonemergency medical transportation contracts
Summary
Lawmakers adopted a committee substitute extending current broker contracts for nonemergency medical transport for one year and ordered a statewide study after testimony that the current brokered system may leave many Medicaid-eligible patients without rides to routine care.
The House Standing Committee on Health Services voted to advance a committee substitute to House Bill 61, which extends existing contracts for the state’s nonemergency medical-transportation (NEMT) program for one year and directs a study of the program’s structure and use.
Representative Steve Bratcher, who presented the bill, said Medicaid currently spends nearly $400 million annually on NEMT, but state Department of Transportation figures show low utilization: “In 2022 and 2023… we had a 15% utilization rate,” he said, meaning a large share of paid services were not completed. The sponsor told…
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