The House Health and Human Resources Committee met this evening.
Markup & Passage
House Bill 5466 renames the intervention and prevention program for domestic abuse.
Committee Hearing
Senate Bill 645 would prohibit out-of-network emergency medical services agencies from balance billing a covered enrollee in a health insurance plan for ground ambulance services. The bill establishes the minimum payment an insurer must make to an out-of-network emergency medical services agency for ambulance services. The bill requires the insurer to pay out-of-network emergency medical services agencies directly and to promptly pay clean claims.
House Bill 5004 would require health coverage for Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) and Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS).
House Bill 5327, the West Virginia ALS Care Services Act, would establish a program and fund to help people with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). The Act would require the Department of Human Services to provide care service coordination and support, as well as access to technology, medical equipment, and ramp loan programs. The bill would also require the Department of Human Services to facilitate access to specialized multidisciplinary ALS Clinics.
House Bill 5563 would create the West Virginia Timely Transplant Referral and Veteran Care Coordination Act. The bill requires transplant referrals to be sent within 3 days, establishes automatic clinical referral triggers based on organ evaluation, and requires written confirmation of referral status to the patient or family members within 7 days.
House Bill 4772 requires the Bureau of Medical Services to verify and remove deceased Medicaid enrollees. The bill requires data matches with official death records and mandates the termination of eligibility upon proof of death.
