S-3861.1
SENATE BILL 6102
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2026 Regular Session
By Senators Muzzall and Cleveland
Read first time 01/13/26. Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.
AN ACT Relating to aligning the quality assurance fee for the ambulance transport fund with federal regulations; and amending RCW 74.70.060 , 74.70.050 , and 74.70.020 .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 74.70.060 and 2020 c 354 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) (( Beginning July 1, 2021, and for )) For each state fiscal year (( thereafter )), reimbursement for emergency ambulance transports provided by ambulance transport providers shall be increased by application of an add-on to the associated medicaid fee-for-service payment schedule. The add-on increase to the fee-for-service payment schedule under this section shall be calculated by (( June 15, 2021, and shall remain the same for later state fiscal years, to the extent the authority determines federal financial participation is available )) the authority annually and be adjusted annually to reflect the available fee amount . The authority shall calculate the projections required by this subsection based on the number of emergency ambulance transports and gross revenue data submitted pursuant to RCW 74.70.040 . The fee-for-service add-on shall be equal to the quotient of the available fee amount projected by the authority (( on or before June 15, 2021, for the 2021–22 state )) for the previous fiscal year, divided by the total medicaid emergency ambulance transports, projected by the authority (( on or before June 15, 2021, for the 2021–22 state )) for the previous fiscal year. The resulting fee-for-service payment schedule amounts after the application of this section shall be equal to the sum of the medicaid fee-for-service payment schedule amount and the add-on increase.