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Introduced
01/08/2025
01/08/2025
In Committee
01/08/2025
01/08/2025
Crossed Over
04/08/2025
04/08/2025
Passed
04/17/2025
04/17/2025
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
04/22/2025
04/22/2025
Introduced Session
132nd Legislature
Bill Summary
An Act to Clarify the Law Regarding Prior Authorization for Air Ambulances Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and Whereas, Public Law 2023, chapter 591 prohibits a health insurance carrier from requiring an air ambulance service provider to obtain prior authorization before transporting an enrollee to a hospital or between hospitals for urgent care; and Whereas, the Legislature intended to limit the application of that provision to air ambulance service providers that are nonprofit organizations; and Whereas, the language clarifying that the provision applied to air ambulance service providers that are nonprofit organizations was inadvertently omitted from Public Law 2023, chapter 591; and Whereas, this legislation corrects that omission and must take effect as soon as possible in order to effectuate the Legislature's intent; and Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, therefore,
AI Summary
This bill clarifies a previous law regarding prior authorization for air ambulance services by explicitly limiting the prohibition on requiring prior authorization to only nonprofit air ambulance service providers. Specifically, the bill amends a section of Maine insurance law to specify that health insurance carriers cannot require a prior authorization for air ambulance services only when the service provider is a nonprofit organization. The bill is being introduced to correct an unintentional omission in Public Law 2023, chapter 591, which originally intended to apply this restriction only to nonprofit air ambulance providers but did not include that specific language. The legislation is being presented as an emergency measure, which means it will take effect immediately upon approval, and it will apply retroactively to August 9, 2024. The goal is to ensure that the law precisely reflects the Legislature's original intent of protecting nonprofit air ambulance service providers from burdensome prior authorization requirements when transporting patients to or between hospitals for urgent care.
Committee Categories
Health and Social Services
Sponsors (1)
Last Action
Governor's Action: Emergency Signed, Apr 22, 2025 (on 04/22/2025)
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=5&snum=132 |
| BillText | https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0014&item=4&snum=132 |
| Fiscal Note: | https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/bills_132nd/fiscalpdfs/FN000504.pdf |
| Fiscal Note: Text | https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/bills_132nd/fiscalpdfs/FN000501.pdf |
| BillText | https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0014&item=1&snum=132 |
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