Ambulance transportation—Ambulance transport fund—Purpose.
Chapter
74.70 RCW establishes the quality assurance fee for specified providers of emergency ambulance services through July 1, 2028. The fee is added to base funding from all other sources to support additional medicaid payments. The fee applies to nonpublic and nonfederal providers of emergency ambulance services. This is a dedicated fund established within the state treasury, known as the ambulance transport fund. The ambulance transport fund is used to receive and distribute funds.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
41.05.021,
41.05.160,
74.70.901, and 2023 c 11. WSR 24-18-059, § 182-546-4700, filed 8/28/24, effective 9/28/24. Statutory Authority: Chapter
74.70 RCW,
41.05.021,
41.05.160 and 2020 c 354. WSR 21-15-010, § 182-546-4700, filed 7/8/21, effective 8/8/21.]