---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to medical assistance reimbursement for emergency medical transportation services; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to medical assistance reimbursement for emergency medical transportation services; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 176"
citation: "Alaska HB 176 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FEDERAL AID", "FEES", "HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES", "MEDICAL CARE", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE", "TRANSPORTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WOOL"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 53
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-14"
last_action: "2018-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2093ff0f-8caa-4007-a196-5042cb0b754d"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB176"
source_hash: "9e0f8c812b9e5749a8cd76008e5e5c973b43e5eae1728ab1d02f066961ae8feb"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ak"]
---

# Alaska HB 176 (30) — An Act relating to medical assistance reimbursement for emergency medical transportation services; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB0176A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0176A)
2. **HB0176B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0176B)
3. **HB0176C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0176C)
4. **HB0176Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0176Z)

## Votes

- Shall CSHB 176(FIN) pass the House? — **30–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 176(FIN) "An Act relating to medical assistance reimbursement for emergency medical transportation services; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate? — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WOOL — primary (person)
- Birch — cosponsor (person)
- Fansler — cosponsor (person)
- Gara — cosponsor (person)
- Grenn — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Millett — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz — cosponsor (person)
- Parish — cosponsor (person)
- Rauscher — cosponsor (person)
- Talerico — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-03-14** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-14** Referred to Health & Social Services and Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19** HSS RPT CS(HSS) NT 2DP 2NR 1AM
- **2017-04-19** HSS Do Pass: EDGMON, SPOHNHOLZ `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-19** HSS No Recommendation: SULLIVAN-LEONARD, KITO
- **2017-04-19** HSS Amend: EASTMAN
- **2017-04-19** Fiscal Note 1: (Health and Social Services)
- **2017-04-19** Fiscal Note 2: (Health and Social Services)
- **2018-02-05** PRIME SPONSOR: WOOL
- **2018-02-05** BILL REPRINTED, ALL VERSIONS 2/5/18
- **2018-02-07** Cosponsors added: TALERICO, WILSON, THOMPSON
- **2018-02-12** Cosponsors added: GRENN
- **2018-02-16** Cosponsors added: KAWASAKI, ORTIZ
- **2018-03-02** FIN RPT CS(FIN) NT 9DP 1NR
- **2018-03-02** FIN Do Pass: GARA, WILSON, KAWASAKI, THOMPSON, ORTIZ, GRENN, TILTON, SEATON, FOSTER `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-02** FIN No Recommendation: PRUITT
- **2018-03-02** Fiscal Note 3: (Health and Social Services)
- **2018-03-02** Fiscal Note 4: (Health and Social Services)
- **2018-03-07** RULES TO CALENDAR 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-07** FIN CS ADOPTED UC
- **2018-03-07** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/9 CALENDAR
- **2018-03-07** Cosponsors added: MILLETT
- **2018-03-09** Read the third time CSHB 176(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** PASSED Y30 E10 `passage`
- **2018-03-09** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-03-09** Cosponsors added: BIRCH, TUCK, JOSEPHSON, PARISH, RAUSCHER
- **2018-03-09** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2018-03-09** VERSION: CSHB 176(FIN)
- **2018-03-12** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-12** Referred to Health & Social Services and Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-29** HSS RPT 2DP 1NR
- **2018-03-29** HSS Do Pass: WILSON, BEGICH `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-29** HSS No Recommendation: GIESSEL
- **2018-03-29** Fiscal Note 3: (Health and Social Services)
- **2018-03-29** Fiscal Note 4: (Health and Social Services)
- **2018-04-13** CROSS SPONSOR(S): WILSON, MICCICHE, BISHOP
- **2018-04-23** FIN RPT 6DP
- **2018-04-23** FIN Do Pass: HOFFMAN, MACKINNON, BISHOP, STEVENS, OLSON, MICCICHE `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-23** Fiscal Note 3: (Health and Social Services)
- **2018-04-23** Fiscal Note 4: (Health and Social Services)
- **2018-04-30** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/30/2018
- **2018-04-30** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-04-30** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-04-30** Read the third time CSHB 176(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2018-04-30** PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2018-04-30** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-04-30** CROSS SPONSOR(S): KELLY, STEDMAN
- **2018-04-30** RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2018-04-30** VERSION: CSHB 176(FIN)
- **2018-06-27** 3:05 PM 6/13/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-27** Signed into law 6/20 CHAPTER 34 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-27** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 6/21/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2093ff0f-8caa-4007-a196-5042cb0b754d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).