Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
House Bill 1631
Ambulance services; provide for payment for treatment in place and provide for minimum reimbursement rate in health insurance policies.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO BE KNOWN AS THE MISSISSIPPI TRIAGE, TREAT AND TRANSPORT TO ALTERNATIVE DESTINATION ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT POLICIES OF ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE SHALL PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR AN AMBULANCE SERVICE TO TREAT OR ASSESS AN ENROLLEE IN PLACE, OR TRIAGE OR TRIAGE AND TRANSPORT AN ENROLLEE TO AN ALTERATIVE DESTINATION, OR AN ENCOUNTER BETWEEN AN AMBULANCE SERVICE AND ENROLLEE THAT RESULTS WITHOUT TRANSPORT OF THE ENROLLEE UNDER THE POLICY; TO PROVIDE THAT THE COVERAGE REQUIRED UNDER THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO THE INITIATION OF AMBULANCE SERVICE TREATMENT AS A RESULT OF A 911 CALL THAT IS DOCUMENTED IN THE RECORDS OF THE AMBULANCE SERVICE AND SUBJECT TO DEDUCTIBLES OR COPAYMENT REQUIREMENTS OF THE POLICY, AND DOES NOT DIMINISH OR LIMIT BENEFITS OTHERWISE ALLOWABLE UNDER THE POLICY; TO PROVIDE THAT THE REIMBURSEMENT RATE FOR AN AMBULANCE SERVICE PROVIDER WHOSE OPERATORS ASSESS, TRIAGE, TREAT OR TRANSPORT AN ENROLLEE TO AN ALTERNATIVE DESTINATION SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN THE ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT RATE WITH MILEAGE TO THE SCENE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE MINIMUM ALLOWABLE REIMBURSEMENT RATE UNDER ANY POLICY OF ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE TO A PARTICIPATING AMBULANCE SERVICE PROVIDER OR AN OUT-OF-NETWORK AMBULANCE SERVICE PROVIDER SHALL BE THE GREATER OF THE RATES CONTRACTED BETWEEN AN AMBULANCE SERVICE PROVIDER AND A COUNTY, MUNICIPALITY OR SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT OR AUTHORITY, OR OTHERWISE APPROVED OR ESTABLISHED BY ORDINANCE OR REGULATION ENACTED BY ANY SUCH COUNTY, MUNICIPALITY OR SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT OR AUTHORITY, OR THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE REIMBURSEMENT ALLOWED BY MEDICARE FOR SERVICES ORIGINATING IN RURAL AREAS; TO PROVIDE THAT IF AN AMBULANCE SERVICE PROVIDER'S BILLED CHARGES ARE LESS THAN THE MINIMUM ALLOWABLE REIMBURSEMENT RATE PROVIDED FOR IN THIS ACT, THEN SUCH MINIMUM ALLOWABLE REIMBURSEMENT RATE SHALL BE THE PROVIDER'S BILLED CHARGES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
February 19 to March 5, 2024, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 19 to Mar 5 · stopped15 days
Public Health and Human ServicesFeb 19 to Mar 5 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Feb 19 – Mar 5
- Feb 19Referred to the House committees on Public Health and Human Services and on Insurance
- Mar 5Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 19Referred To Public Health and Human Services;InsuranceHouse of Representatives
- Mar 5Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives