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Floor Packet Page No. 53
Amend CSSB 1, Article II, by inserting the following
appropriately numbered RIDER under the FY 2006–2007 bill pattern
for the Health and Human Services Commission:
. Air Ambulance Services. Out of funds appropriated above,
the Health and Human Services Commission shall conduct a study of
air ambulance service rates in Texas and their equivalents to
comparable Medicare fee schedules as well as rates paid in other
states under Medicaid services. The Commission shall provide a copy
of this report to the Legislative Budget Board and the Governor's
Office no later than December 31, 2005. Following the submission of
this report and with the consent of the Office of the Governor and
the Legislative Budget Board, the Commission shall implement the
recommendations of the report and shall amend their Memorandum of
Understanding with the Texas Department of Transportation to
include air ambulance services within the scope of medical
transportation.