MEDICAID-GROUND AMBULANCE

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision exempting ground ambulance services from the managed care medical assistance program, requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to arrange the scheduling of ground ambulance services whenever managed care enrollees require transportation assistance. Provides that such services shall be paid (rather than continue to be paid) under the State's traditional fee-for-service program. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 305 ILCS 5/5-30b Adds reference to: 305 ILCS 5/5-30b rep. Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Repeals a provision exempting ground ambulance services from the managed care medical assistance program.