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Committee advances HB269 to stabilize ambulance payments, include medication costs in base rate
Summary
The House Business, Labor and Commerce Committee gave HB269 a favorable recommendation after sponsor testimony and stakeholder support; the bill would include medication costs in ambulance base rates, allow modest annual CPI-tied adjustments, preserve balance-billing prohibitions and remove an outdated sunset provision.
The Utah House Business, Labor and Commerce Committee on Feb. 5 recommended favorably on House Bill 269, a measure to standardize how ambulance providers are reimbursed and to reduce billing uncertainty for emergency medical services.
Sponsor testimony summarized the bill’s core changes: include medication costs in the base ambulance rate, limit provider charges to a base rate plus mileage, allow the Bureau of EMS to adjust the base rate once a year tied to the Medical Consumer Price Index, and…
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