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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3586 

To provide reimbursement under the Medicaid program to individuals and 

entities that provide voluntary non-emergency medical transportation to 

Medicaid beneficiaries for expenses related to no-load travel. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 

Mr. FRANKEN (for himself and Mr. LEAHY) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

To provide reimbursement under the Medicaid program to 

individuals and entities that provide voluntary non-emergency medical transportation to Medicaid beneficiaries 

for expenses related to no-load travel. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Recruiting Individuals 

5 to Drive Our Elders Act of 2012’’ or the ‘‘RIDE Act of 

6 2012’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REIMBURSEMENT FOR NO-LOAD TRAVEL COSTS IN2 CURRED BY VOLUNTEERS PROVIDING NON3 EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION TO 

4 MEDICAID BENEFICIARIES. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

6 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 

7 Human Services shall publish an interim final rule to re8 vise the Medicaid transportation regulations at sections 

9 431.53 and 440.170 of title 42, Code of Federal Regula10 tions, as necessary, to allow a State plan for medical as11 sistance under title XIX of the Social Security Act to pro12 vide, at the option of the State, reimbursement for costs 

13 attributable to providing no-load volunteer travel services 

14 to individuals eligible for medical assistance under the 

15 State plan who require transportation to receive non-emer16 gency medical treatment. 

17 (b) NO-LOAD VOLUNTEER TRAVEL SERVICE.—For 

18 purposes of subsection (a), the term ‘‘no-load volunteer 

19 travel service’’ means travel services that— 

20 (1) are provided by a person who, as deter21 mined by a State, local, or tribal government, pro22 vides such services on a volunteer basis (referred to 

23 in this subsection as a ‘‘volunteer’’); and 

24 (2) are necessary for the volunteer to— 

25 (A) travel from the originating location of 

26 the volunteer to the location of an individual 


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1 who is eligible for medical assistance under the 

2 State Medicaid plan and requires transportation 

3 to receive non-emergency medical treatment (in4 cluding, for purposes of an individual who re5 quested transportation to receive non-emer6 gency medical treatment and subsequently re7 fused such transportation or was not present at 

8 the requested pick-up location, any travel that 

9 is necessary for the volunteer to return to their 

10 originating location); 

11 (B) for purposes of an individual who has 

12 been provided transportation by the volunteer 

13 to receive non-emergency medical treatment and 

14 is required to remain at the treatment location 

15 overnight or for an extended period of time (as 

16 determined appropriate by a State, local, or 

17 tribal government), return to the originating lo18 cation of the volunteer and, following the com19 pletion of such treatment, travel back to the 

20 treatment location; and 

21 (C) following any transportation that is 

22 necessary to return an individual who has re23 ceived non-emergency medical treatment to 


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1 their pick-up location, return to the originating 

2 location of the volunteer. 

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