HB 857 — An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, further providing for emergency transportation services.

PRINTER'S NO.   895

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 857
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY CAUSER, GILLEN, BANTA, BERNSTINE, M. BROWN,
        COOPER, GREINER, HAMM, HANBIDGE, JAMES, KAUFFMAN, KOZAK,
        KUZMA, PICKETT, PIELLI, RAPP, REICHARD, ROWE, VENKAT AND
        WARREN, MARCH 11, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES, MARCH 11, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An
 2      act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public
 3      welfare laws of the Commonwealth," in public assistance,
 4      further providing for emergency transportation services.
 5      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 6   hereby enacts as follows:
 7      Section 1.    Section 443.13 of the act of June 13, 1967
 8   (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, is amended to
 9   read:
10      Section 443.13.    Emergency Transportation Services.--(a)
11   Subject to Federal approval as may be necessary and contingent
12   on Federal financial participation, from money appropriated for
13   the department under the act of August 3, 2023 (P.L.471, No.1A),
14   known as the General Appropriation Act of 2023, sufficient funds
15   shall be included to provide reimbursement for ground mileage
16   for every loaded mile and to provide the greater of the highest
17   Medicare rates published in the Ambulance Fee Schedule Public
18   Use File for calendar year 2023 or the current Medicaid
 1   Ambulance Fees as updated by Medical Assistance Bulletin 26-22-
 2   07 effective date January 1, 2023, beginning January 1, 2024,
 3   for services provided under the Medical Assistance - Fee-for-
 4   Service, Medical Assistance - Capitation and Medical Assistance
 5   - Community HealthChoices appropriations in the General
 6   Appropriation Act of 2023.
 7      (b)   Beginning July 1, 2025, reimbursement for emergency
 8   services for an enrollee that did not require transport or
 9   refused to be transported, rendered by a licensed emergency
10   medical services agency shall be the greater of the highest
11   Medicare rates published in the Ambulance Fee Schedule Public
12   Use File for calendar year 2025 or the current Medicaid
13   Ambulance Fees as updated by Medical Assistance Bulletin 26-24-
14   01 effective date January 1, 2024, for services provided under
15   the Medical Assistance - Fee-for-Service, Medical Assistance -
16   Capitation and Medical Assistance - Community HealthChoices
17   appropriations in the act of            , 2025 (P.L.   , No.    ),
18   known as the General Appropriation Act of 2025.
19      Section 2.   This act shall take effect immediately.




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