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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 3599</title>
<shortdesc>MEDICAID-EMERGENCY TRANSPORT</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Jackie Haas</sponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>3/21/2025</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee</action>
</lastaction>
<synopsis>
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<reference>305 ILCS 5/5-4.2</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><SynopsisText>     Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of the Code, subject to federal approval, a ground ambulance service provider shall be entitled to payment equal to 100% of the applicable base rate, without mileage charges, in effect at the time of service for the services provided in the following situations if a ground ambulance is dispatched and (i) Advanced Life Support (ALS) Services, Intermediate Life Support (ILS) Services, or Basic Life Support (BLS) Services are provided to a recipient but that recipient subsequently refuses transport to a hospital or (ii) the recipient is pronounced dead after the dispatch of a ground ambulance to the scene of a request for service but before a recipient is placed into a ground ambulance.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>2/7/2025</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jackie Haas</action>
<statusdate>2/18/2025</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>2/18/2025</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/11/2025</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Assigned to Appropriations-Health and Human Services Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/21/2025</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee</action>
</actions>
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