FISCAL NOTE
Date Requested: February 19, 2024
Time Requested: 09:06 AM |
| Agency: |
Public Employees Insurance Agency (PEIA) |
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| CBD Number: |
Version: |
Bill Number: |
Resolution Number: |
| 1896 |
Introduced |
HB5103 |
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| CBD Subject: |
Health |
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FUND(S):
PEIA Basic Insurance Fund
Sources of Revenue:
Special Fund
Legislation creates:
Fiscal Note Summary
Effect this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.
The purpose of this bill is to allow county commissions to initiate collections for emergency ambulance services and to set a fee for those who refuse transport and to require insurance plans to cover special emergency ambulance service fees. PEIA’s understanding is this bill will allow for additional collection methods of the “special emergency ambulance service fee”. The additional methods include submission to the patient’s insurance provider and claims against the patient in magistrate court and judgment lien.
The bill also creates a new “special emergency ambulance fee” that PEIA understands to be a different fee. This fee of $300 is to be charged when a patient refuses transport to an emergency department. It is to be billed to the patient’s insurer and sets the cost sharing for the patient, regardless of existing cost sharing arrangements of their policy, at $50 or $100, depending on whether service was rendered.
As this bill is written, with no specification to PEIA within the Chapter 33 references, it will have no financial impact on PEIA.
Fiscal Note Detail
| Effect of Proposal |
Fiscal Year |
2024
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
2025
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
Fiscal Year
(Upon Full
Implementation) |
| 1. Estmated Total Cost |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Personal Services |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Current Expenses |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Repairs and Alterations |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Assets |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Other |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2. Estimated Total Revenues |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Explanation of above estimates (including long-range effect):
Please explain increases and decreases in personal services, current expenses, repairs and alterations, assets, other costs and revenues, including assumptions and data sources and delineation between start-up and ongoing costs. Please also include a long-range schedule of costs and revenues if fiscal impact is expected to vary in future years.
Memorandum
As this bill is written, with no specification to PEIA within the Chapter 33 references, it will have no financial impact on PEIA.
Person submitting Fiscal Note: Jason Haught
Email Address: jason.a.haught@wv.gov