HB5331sam002 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. John M. Sullivan

Filed: 4/28/2010

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5331

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5331 as follows:

on page 4, by inserting immediately below line 11 the following:

"Notwithstanding the payment principles in subsection (b) of this Section, the Department shall develop the Illinois Medicaid Ambulance Fee Schedule using the ground mileage payment rate, as defined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and no other mileage rates which act as enhancements to the ground mileage rate, whether permanent or temporary, shall be recognized by the Department."; and

on page 4, by replacing lines 23 through 26 with "traveled."; and

on page 5, by replacing lines 1 through 3 with "When a ground"; and

on page 6, by inserting immediately below line 18 the following:

"(g-5) Nothing in this Section prohibits the Department from setting payment rates for State ground ambulance services providers by administrative rule pending the availability of appropriations dedicated to rate increases provided under subsections (c) and (h) of this Section."; and

on page 7, line 5, by replacing "(a) through" with "(c) and".