CS/SB 568 -  Coverage for Out-of-network Ground Ambulance Emergency Services

General Bill by Banking and Insurance and Hooper
Coverage for Out-of-network Ground Ambulance Emergency Services: Defining the terms “ambulance service provider” and “nonparticipating ambulance service provider”; requiring certain health insurers to reimburse nonparticipating ambulance service providers at a specified rate for providing ground ambulance services; prohibiting certain cost-sharing responsibilities paid from exceeding a certain amount; requiring certain health maintenance contracts to require a health maintenance organization to reimburse out-of-network ambulance service providers at a specified rate for providing covered services, etc.
Effective Date: 01/01/2025
Last Event: 03/08/24 S Died in Health Policy on Friday, March 8, 2024 2:25 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Banking and Insurance
    • On agenda for: 01/09/24 4:30 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 9   Nays 0
  • Health Policy
  • Rules

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/HB 639 Subject: Coverage of Out-of-network Ground Ambulance Emergency Services Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Banking and Insurance 1/11/2024 3:49:13 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Banking and Insurance 1/8/2024 4:15:52 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Health Policy Time: 03/08/2024 - 2:25 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: c1
Event: S CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time Time: 01/17/2024 - 4:14 PM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: c1
Event: S Now in Health Policy Time: 01/12/2024 - 9:14 AM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 01/11/2024 - 3:55 PM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: c1
Event: S CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 Time: 01/09/2024 - 5:49 PM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: __
Event: S Introduced Time: 01/09/2024 - 9:37 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 01/09/24, 4:30 pm, 412 Knott Building Time: 01/04/2024 - 2:17 PM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: __
Event: S Referred to Banking and Insurance; Health Policy; Rules Time: 12/05/2023 - 8:00 AM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 11/27/2023 - 11:29 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
627.42398 CS/HB 639
627.6699 SB 228, HB 363, SB 924, HB 1233, HB 1519, HB 1543, CS/CS/HB 1639
641.31078 CS/HB 639, CS/SB 644*, SB 680

(*) Not the latest version