Missouri legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Missouri HB2597: Creates provisions relating to payments to ambulance providers
Status: In committee, May 15, 2026
What the bill says
To amend chapter 376, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to payments to ambulance providers. Section A. Chapter 376, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 376.684, to read as follows: 376.684. 1. As used in this section, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following terms mean: (1) "Ambulance provider", any ambulance service, as defined in section 190.100. The term "ambulance provider" shall not include an air ambulance provider; (2) "Clean claim", a claim that has no defect or impropriety, including any lack of required substantiating.
From the introduced text:
To amend chapter 376, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to payments to ambulance providers. Section A. Chapter 376, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 376.684, to read as follows: 376.684. 1. As used in this section, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following terms mean: (1) "Ambulance provider", any ambulance service, as defined in section 190.100. The term "ambulance provider" shall not include an air ambulance provider; (2) "Clean claim", a claim that has no defect or impropriety, including any lack of required substantiating documentation or particular circumstance requiring special treatment that prevents timely payment from being made on the claim; (3) "Covered services", those emergency ambulance services that an enrollee is entitled to receive under the terms of a health benefit plan; (4) "Enrollee", the same meaning given to the term in section 376.1350; (5) "Health benefit plan", the same meaning given to the term in section 376.1350; (6) "Health carrier", the same meaning given to the term in section 376.1350; (7) "Out-of-network ambulance provider", an ambulance provider that does not contract with the health carrier of the enrollee receiving the covered services. EXPLANATION -- Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law. Matter …