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Senate Bill 2424 |
Senate Author: Deuell |
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Effective: 6-19-09 |
House Sponsor: Naishtat |
Senate Bill 2424 amends the Human Resources Code to revise provisions relating to the required authorization from the Health and Human Services Commission to transport a Medicaid recipient by ambulance in nonemergency situations. The bill clarifies that commission rules must require authorization to be obtained on the same day if the transportation is for only one day and require a single authorization to be obtained before an ambulance is used if the request is for transportation on more than one day. The rules are also required to provide for the availability of the commission or a person authorized to act on behalf of the commission to evaluate requests for ambulance transportation not less than 12 hours each day, excluding weekends and holidays. The bill clarifies that a request for authorization required to be immediately granted under certain conditions is effective for a period of not more than 180 days.