A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REDUCE THE FINANCIAL LOSS TO COUNTIES AND CITIES FOR  unreimbursed county or city AMBULANCE SERVICES provided to state health plan members BY REQUIRING THE STATE HEALTH PLAN TO MAKE PAYMENTS FOR county or city AMBULANCE SERVICES DIRECTLY or co‑payable to THE county or city AMBULANCE SERVICE provider.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 135‑43 is amended by adding the following new subsection to read:
"(c)	Allowable payments for services provided by a county or city ambulance service shall be paid directly or shall be co‑payable to the county or city ambulance service provider. As used in this subsection, 'county or city ambulance service' means ambulance services provided by a county or county‑franchised ambulance service supplemented by county funds, or a municipally owned and operated ambulance service or by an ambulance service supplemented by municipal funds."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2009, and applies to county or city ambulance services provided on and after that date.