On and after April 1, 1983, the Commissioner of Social Services shall increase the payment rate for ambulance rides eligible under the state medical assistance program. Subject to federal approval, beginning with the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2015, the Commissioner of Social Services shall, within available appropriations, revise the payment methodology for ambulance services under the Medicaid program to apply a relative value unit system similar to the payment methodology used in the Medicare program. The basic life support nonemergency transport shall be designated as the base rate with the relative value unit system applied to basic life support nonemergency transports, basic life support emergency transports, advanced life support nonemergency transports, advanced life support emergency transports and paramedic intercept services. For purposes of this section, “relative value unit” means a numeric value for ambulance services relative to the value of a base level ambulance service.
(P.A. 82-350, S. 1, 4; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 389.)
History: P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-134o transferred to Sec. 17b-273 in 1995; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 added provisions re relative value unit system as payment methodology for ambulance services, effective July 1, 2015.
Cited. 233 C. 557.
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