HB2909 HH&HR AM 3-17

CR 3338 

    Delegate Perry and Perdue move to amend the bill on page 1, line 17, by striking everything after the enacting section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

    “ARTICLE 16. WEST VIRGINIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES INSURANCE ACT.

§5-16-8a. Air-ambulance fees.

    (a) An air-ambulance provider which does not have a contract with the plan and provides air-transportation and/or related emergency or treatment services to an employee or dependent of an employee covered by the plan, may not collect from the plan and the covered employee or dependent of the employee, a combined amount for those services which exceeds the reimbursement amount then in effect for Medicare, including any applicable Geographic Practice Cost Index.

    (b) If an air-ambulance provider has collected a subscription fee from an employee or dependent of an employee covered by the plan, the air-ambulance provider shall accept that subscription fee as payment in full for any air-ambulance transport and related emergency or treatment services which the air-ambulance provider may provide to that employee or dependent of the employee.

    (c) For purposes of this section, “subscription fee” means a fee collected by an air-ambulance provider from a person in advance of any immediate need for air-ambulance services.”