SB533 HFAT Summers 3-7

CR 3338

Delegate Summers moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

S. B. 533 -- " A BILL to amend and reenact §16-4C-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §16-4C-26; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §33-15-4x; to amend and reenact §33-15-21 of said code; to amend and reenact §33-16-3i of said code; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated, §33-16-3rr; to amend and reenact §33-24-7e of said code; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §33-24-7y; to amend and reenact §33-25-8d of said code; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated 33-25-8v; to amend and reenact §33-25A-8d of said code; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §33-25A-8y, all relating to emergency medical services; defining terms; providing that an emergency medical services agency may triage and transport a patient to an alternate destination in certain circumstances; mandating insurance coverage; providing that covered services include pre-hospital screening and stabilization of emergency conditions by an ambulance service; providing that air ambulance service is excluded from coverage; providing that coverage is subject to deductibles or copayment; providing that coverage be provided if the patient declines to be transported against medical advice; and providing effective date.

Adopted

Rejected