HB 2531: Aligning the quality assurance fee for the ambulance transport fund with federal regulations.
Signed into law: Chapter 31, Laws of 2026
- Sponsor
- Stuebe
- Introduced
- January 16, 2026
- Status
- C 31 L 26
- Last action
- Effective date 6/11/2026. (March 11, 2026)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Directs the Health Care Authority, beginning July 1, 2026, and continuing each state fiscal year thereafter, to annually set the quality assurance fee rate to the rate in effect as of July 4, 2025. Directs the Health Care Authority to annually calculate the add-on payment for ambulance transport providers to reflect the available quality assurance fee amount in the Ambulance Transport Fund-State.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 12, 202694 yea · 0 nay · 4 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 28, 202649 yea · 0 nay
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