Human Services Committee
Filed: 3/12/2008
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5613
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5613 on page 2, line | ||||||
3 | 7, after " reimburse ", by inserting " ground "; and
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4 | by replacing lines 24 through 26 on page 5 and lines 1 through | ||||||
5 | 19 on page 6 with the following: | ||||||
6 | "Beginning with services rendered on or after July 1, 2008, | ||||||
7 | all providers of non-emergency medi-car and service car | ||||||
8 | transportation must certify that the driver and employee | ||||||
9 | attendant, as applicable, have completed a safety program | ||||||
10 | approved by the Department to protect both the patient and the | ||||||
11 | driver, prior to transporting a patient.
The provider must | ||||||
12 | maintain this certification in its records. The provider shall | ||||||
13 | produce such documentation upon demand by the Department or its | ||||||
14 | representative. Failure to produce documentation of such | ||||||
15 | training shall result in recovery of any payments made by the | ||||||
16 | Department for services rendered by a non-certified driver or | ||||||
17 | employee attendant. Medi-car and service car providers must |
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1 | maintain legible documentation in their records of the driver | ||||||
2 | and, as applicable, employee attendant that actually | ||||||
3 | transported the patient. Providers must recertify all drivers | ||||||
4 | and employee attendants every 3 years. | ||||||
5 | Notwithstanding the requirements above, any public | ||||||
6 | transportation provider of medi-car and service car | ||||||
7 | transportation that receives federal funding under 49 U.S.C. | ||||||
8 | 5307 and 5311 need not certify its drivers and employee | ||||||
9 | attendants under this Section, since safety training is already | ||||||
10 | federally mandated.".
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