BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

SB 6102: Quality assurance fee

Aligning the quality assurance fee for the ambulance transport fund with federal regulations.

Summary

Sets the annual quality assurance fee rate, beginning July 1, 2026, to be the rate in effect as of July 4, 2025.
Requires the Health Care Authority to annually calculate the add-on rate and for the add-on rate to be adjusted annually to reflect the available fee amount.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 6102), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House

AN ACT Relating to aligning the quality assurance fee for the ambulance transport fund with federal regulations;

Passed February 4, 2026

Version voted on: SB 6102

49 Yea 0 Nay 0 Absent 0 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	30	0	0	0
Republican	19	0	0	0

How each member voted

Mar 12, 2026By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
Feb 6, 2026First reading, referred to Appropriations.
Feb 4, 2026Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
Feb 4, 2026Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Jan 28, 2026Placed on second reading consent calendar.
Jan 23, 2026Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Jan 22, 2026HLTC - Majority; do pass.
Jan 13, 2026First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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