Mandate 961
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Mandate Title:
Amend hospital regulations - Protocol for patient notice/air ambulance
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Purpose of legislation
Requires each hospital to establish a protocol requiring that, before a health care provider arranges for air medical transportation services for a patient who does not have an emergency medical condition, the hospital provide the patient or his authorized representative with written or electronic notice that the patient (i) may have a choice of transportation by an air medical transportation provider or medically appropriate ground transportation by an emergency medical services provider and (ii) will be responsible for charges incurred for such transportation in the event that the provider is not a contracted network provider of the patient's health insurance carrier or such charges are not otherwise covered in full or in part by the patient's health insurance plan.
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Legislation mandating a change | Chap 271 (2018) Chap 682 (2018) | ||
VAC chapters to be amended |
12 vac 5 - 410 : Regulations for the Licensure of Hospitals in Virginia
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Deadline for the regulation to become effective | 7/1/2019 | ||
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