SB 211 prohibits ambulance service providers from billing patients directly for emergency medical services when the provider is out-of-network with the patient's insurance plan. The bill establishes that out-of-network ambulance providers must seek reimbursement from insurance plans rather than patients, protecting South Dakotans from unexpected medical bills for emergency transport services.
The amendment WEAKENS the bill's protections by reducing the reimbursement rate cap for out-of-network ambulance services from "Three hundred twenty-five percent" to "Two hundred seventy-five percent" of the Medicare allowable rate, and NARROWS the bill's scope by eliminating the Division of Insurance's requirement to compile and post ambulance reimbursement rates from political subdivisions. Additionally, the amendment changes the payment timeline from a specific "thirty days" requirement to compliance with the general payment standards in chapter 58-12.
Other amendments
Senate Do Pass Amended Failed, YEAS 17, NAYS 16. S.J. 380
Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 2. S.J. 17
Health and Human Services Motion to amend S.J. 17
Health and Human Services Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
Senate Prime Sponsor Changed at the Request of the Prime Sponsor S.J. 272
First read in Senate and referred to Senate Health and Human Services S.J. 169
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Prime sponsor · Rep.
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Do Pass Amended
Health and Human Services — Do Pass Amended