CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 176(FIN)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     "An  Act relating  to medical  assistance reimbursement                                                                    
     for  emergency  medical  transportation  services;  and                                                                    
     providing for an effective date."                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
9:11:13 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair MacKinnon offered a brief  history of the bill. The                                                                    
public hearing had been opened and closed.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
ROB EARL,  STAFF, REPRESENTATIVE WOOL, stated  that the bill                                                                    
directed  the department  to develop  a  program that  would                                                                    
provide supplemental reimbursement  to eligible air, ground,                                                                    
or water  emergency medical transportation services  for the                                                                    
cost of transporting Medicaid assistance recipients.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  MacKinnon asked  about  the  frequency with  which                                                                    
municipalities would be reimbursed.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
MARGARET BRODIE, DIRECTOR,  DIVISION OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES,                                                                    
DEPARTMENT    OF   HEALTH    AND   SOCIAL    SERVICES   (via                                                                    
teleconference),  responded  that  municipalities  would  be                                                                    
reimbursed quarterly, at the minimum.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair  Bishop  MOVED to  report  CSHB  176(FIN) out  of                                                                    
Committee   with   individual    recommendations   and   the                                                                    
accompanying fiscal notes. There  being NO OBJECTION, it was                                                                    
so ordered.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CSHB  176(FIN) was  REPORTED  out of  committee  with a  "do                                                                    
pass"  recommendation  and  with  two  previously  published                                                                    
fiscal impact notes: FN3(DHS) and FN4(DHS).                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
9:13:55 AM                                                                                                                    
AT EASE                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
9:15:20 AM                                                                                                                    
RECONVENED