,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cice  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bd1 #bjai,mr4 
,carter of ,georgia 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,crdenas1 ,mr4 ,graves of ,georgia1 and 
,mr4 ,bishop of ,georgia7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xix of the 
,social ,security ,act to provide for   
the continuing requirement of ,medicaid 
coverage of nonemergency transportation 
to medically necessary services4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,protecting ,patients               
,transportation to ,care ,act4  #b4     
,continuing requirement of medicaid     
coverage of nonemergency transportation 
to medically necessary services  7a7    
,requirement ,section #aijb7;a77#aj7 of 
the ,social ,security ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #acif;a7a77#aj77 is amended-- 
7#a7 in subparagraph 7,a71 in the matter
 preceding clause 7i71 by striking and  
7#ba7 and inserting 1 7#ba71 and 7#cj72 

and  7#b7 in subparagraph 7,c77iv71 by  
striking and 7#ag7 and inserting 1      
7#ag71 and 7#cj74  7b7 ,description of  
,services ,section #aije of such ,act   
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acif;d7 is amended--    
7#a7 in subsection 7a7--  7,a7 in       
paragraph 7#bi71 by striking and at the 
end2  7,b7 by redesignating paragraph   
7#cj7 as paragraph 7#ca7 and by striking
 the comma at the end and inserting a   
semicolon2 and  7,c7 by inserting after 
paragraph 7#bi7 the following new       
paragraph3  7#cj7 subject to subsection 
7ff71 nonemergency transportation to    
medically necessary services1 consistent
 with the requirement of section #dca4ec
 of title #db1 ,code of ,federal        
,regulations1 as in effect as of ,june  
#a1 #bjai2 and  2 and  7#b7 by adding at
 the end the following new subsection3  
7ff7 ,nonemergency transportation to    
medically necessary services  7#a7      
,limitation on ,federal financial       
participation ,notwithstanding any other
 provision of this title1 to be eligible

 for federal financial participation    
under this title for expenses incurred  
as medical assistance or as an          
administrative expense for nonemergency 
transportation to medically necessary   
services described in subsection        
7a77#cj71 the ,state ,medicaid agency of
 such ,state must have in place a prior 
authorization or utilization management 
requirement for such services4  7#b7    
,prior authorization defined ,for       
purposes of paragraph 7#a71 the term    
prior authorization means a process     
through which a request for provisional 
affirmation of coverage is submitted for
 review before the service involved is  
furnished and before a claim is         
submitted for payment for such service4 
4  7c7 ,effective date ,the amendments  
made by this section shall take effect  
on the date of the enactment of this    
,act and shall apply to transportation  
on or after such date4