Bill Number: S.B. 1057

                                                                                                     McComish Floor Amendment

                                                                                                              Reference to: printed bill

                                                                                Amendment drafted by: Carolyn Speroni

 

 

McComish Floor Amendment

 

1.    Requires that remuneration for ambulance services for persons enrolled in AHCCCS will be 80% of the amounts prescribed by the Department of Health Services.  This is equal to the current statutory formula. 

 

2.    The floor amendment again notwithstands statute and sets the remuneration in the following amounts:

a)    Contract year October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013 - 68.59% (the current rate)

b)    Contract year October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2014 - 68.59% (the current rate)

c)    Contract year October 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015 - 74.74%.

d)    Thereafter, the rate reverts to the statutory rate of 80%. 

Fifty-first Legislature                                                  McComish

First Regular Session                                                   S.B. 1057

 

MCCOMISH FLOOR AMENDMENT

 

SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1057

 

(Reference to printed bill)

 

 

Page 2, strike lines 45 and 46

Page 3, strike lines 1 through 21, insert "REMUNERATION FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES FOR PERSONS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN OR COVERED BY THE ARIZONA HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT SYSTEM IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO EIGHTY PER CENT OF THE AMOUNTS AS PRESCRIBED BY THE DEPARTMENT AS OF JULY 1 OF EACH YEAR FOR SERVICES SPECIFIED IN SUBSECTIONS F AND G OF THIS SECTION AND EIGHTY PER CENT OF THE MILEAGE CHARGES AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT AS OF JULY 1 OF EACH YEAR PURSUANT TO SECTION 36-2232. THE ARIZONA HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION SHALL MAKE ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS TO THE ARIZONA HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT SYSTEM FEE SCHEDULE ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT'S APPROVED AMBULANCE SERVICE RATE IN EFFECT AS OF JULY 1 OF EACH YEAR.  THE RATE ADJUSTMENTS MADE PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION ARE EFFECTIVE BEGINNING OCTOBER 1 OF EACH YEAR."

Between lines 41 and 42, insert:

“Sec. 2.  Ambulance services; reimbursement

A.  Notwithstanding section 36-2239, subsection H, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by this act, for dates of service on and after October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013, the Arizona health care cost containment system administration and its contractors shall reimburse ambulance service providers in an amount equal to 68.59 per cent of the amounts prescribed by the department of health services as of August 2, 2012.

B.  Notwithstanding section 36-2239, subsection H, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by this act, for dates of service on and after October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2014, the Arizona health care cost containment system administration and its contractors shall reimburse ambulance service providers in an amount equal to 68.59 per cent of the amounts prescribed by the department of health services as of August 2, 2013.

C.  Notwithstanding section 36-2239, subsection H, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by this act, for dates of service on and after October 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015, the Arizona health care cost containment system administration and its contractors shall reimburse ambulance service providers in an amount equal to 74.74 per cent of the amounts prescribed by the department of health services as of August 2, 2014."

Renumber to conform

Amend title to conform

 

 

 

 

2/20/13

4:41 PM

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