Amendment AA1-AB679

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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO 2007 ASSEMBLY BILL 679

February 29, 2008 - Offered by Representative Rhoades.

AB679-AA1,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

AB679-AA1,1,3 1. Page 5, line 3: delete "any amount" and substitute "an amount of at least $20 owed to an ambulance service provider that is".

AB679-AA1,1,5 2. Page 5, line 3: after "for" insert "providing emergency services, as defined under 42 CFR 438.114 (a), to the individual and for".

AB679-AA1,1,11 3. Page 5, line 10: delete the material beginning with "Not" and ending with "appeal" on line 12 and substitute "At least 30 days prior to certification, the ambulance service provider shall send the debtor a notice of the ambulance service provider's intent to certify the debt to the department. Prior to certification, the debt must be reduced to a judgment or the ambulance service provider must provide the debtor reasonable notice and an opportunity to be heard with regard to the debt".

AB679-AA1,1,12 4. Page 5, line 16: delete "after the" and substitute "after all other".

AB679-AA1,2,2 5. Page 5, line 16: delete "and" and substitute ", 71.935, and 73.03 (52), (52m), and (52n)".

AB679-AA1,2,3 6. Page 5, line 17: delete "71.935".

AB679-AA1,2,4 7. Page 6, line 4: delete lines 4 to 15 and substitute:

AB679-AA1,2,13 "(6) Any ambulance service provider wishing to certify debts to the department shall enter into a written agreement with the department prior to any certification of debt. The debt of an indigent debtor may not be certified. Any certification of debts by an ambulance service provider or changes to certified debts shall be in a manner and form prescribed by the department. The secretary of revenue shall be the final authority in the resolution of any disputes with an ambulance service provider with regard to the certification of debts. If a refund or disbursement is adjusted after a setoff, the department may readjust any erroneous settlement with a certifying ambulance service provider.".

AB679-AA1,2,14 (End)