Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB56: Establish ambulance provider assessment fee program
Status: Signed into law, May 8, 2025
What the bill says
An act establishing an ambulance provider assessment fee; establishing procedures for collecting and distributing the assessment fee; allowing auditing of ambulance provider reports and payments; allowing for penalties and interest; requiring revenues generated by the assessment fee to be used for supplementing ambulance provider medicaid payments; providing definitions; providing rulemaking authority; providing a statutory appropriation; providing appropriations for the department of revenue to implement and administer the collection of the assessment fee…
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN AMBULANCE PROVIDER ASSESSMENT FEE; ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR COLLECTING AND DISTRIBUTING THE ASSESSMENT FEE; ALLOWING AUDITING OF AMBULANCE PROVIDER REPORTS AND PAYMENTS; ALLOWING FOR PENALTIES AND INTEREST; REQUIRING REVENUES GENERATED BY THE ASSESSMENT FEE TO BE USED FOR SUPPLEMENTING AMBULANCE PROVIDER MEDICAID PAYMENTS; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; PROVIDING A STATUTORY APPROPRIATION; PROVIDING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE TO IMPLEMENT AND ADMINISTER THE COLLECTION OF THE ASSESSMENT FEE; PROVIDING FOR REIMBURSEMENT TO THE GENERAL FUND FROM THE STATE SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNT; AMENDING SECTION 17-7-502, MCA; PROVIDING FOR CONTINGENT VOIDNESS; AND PROVIDING A CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE AND A TERMINATION DATE." Section 1. Definitions. As used in [sections 1 through 13], the following definitions apply: (1) "Air ambulance services" means ambulance services provided by aircraft as defined in 50-6302. (1)(2) (a) "Ambulance provider" means a person licensed pursuant to 50-6-306 to provide ground ambulance transport, including transport for a municipal fire or police department or other government entity. (b) The term does not or (ii) an entity operated by the United States, an Indian tribe, or any facility authorized under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act; or (iii) a public ambulance provider. (2)(3) "Assessment fee" means the ambulance provider assessment fee as provided in [section 2]. - 1 - Authorized Print Version - HB 56 ENROLLED BILL - …