HB5613ham001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Human Services Committee

Filed: 3/12/2008

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5613

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5613 on page 2, line 7, after "reimburse", by inserting "ground"; and

by replacing lines 24 through 26 on page 5 and lines 1 through 19 on page 6 with the following:

"Beginning with services rendered on or after July 1, 2008, all providers of non-emergency medi-car and service car transportation must certify that the driver and employee attendant, as applicable, have completed a safety program approved by the Department to protect both the patient and the driver, prior to transporting a patient. The provider must maintain this certification in its records. The provider shall produce such documentation upon demand by the Department or its representative. Failure to produce documentation of such training shall result in recovery of any payments made by the Department for services rendered by a non-certified driver or employee attendant. Medi-car and service car providers must maintain legible documentation in their records of the driver and, as applicable, employee attendant that actually transported the patient. Providers must recertify all drivers and employee attendants every 3 years.

Notwithstanding the requirements above, any public transportation provider of medi-car and service car transportation that receives federal funding under 49 U.S.C. 5307 and 5311 need not certify its drivers and employee attendants under this Section, since safety training is already federally mandated.".