---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying that ground emergency medical transportation is eligible for Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement"
description: "Clarifying that ground emergency medical transportation is eligible for Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 406"
citation: "West Virginia SB 406 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ferns"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-26"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48419bbf-a947-48fc-a493-963e3108c900"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=406&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "2a418cbe1710796bce91e0cd44ebb47a2c6702c76c0e6f34323017eb31a38155"
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-wv"]
---

# West Virginia SB 406 (2018) — Clarifying that ground emergency medical transportation is eligible for Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB406%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=406)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB406%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=406)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ferns — primary (person)
- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
- Boso — cosponsor (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-26** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-26** To Banking and Insurance then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-26** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-06** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-16** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-19** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-20** Passed Senate (Roll No. 153) `passage`
- **2018-02-20** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-21** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-21** To Banking and Insurance then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** To House Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-02** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-07** Immediate consideration
- **2018-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 453) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-09** Effective from passage (Roll No. 454)
- **2018-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-10** House Message received
- **2018-03-10** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 493)
- **2018-03-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 493)
- **2018-03-10** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-21** To Governor 3/21/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 117, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48419bbf-a947-48fc-a493-963e3108c900`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).