2023 Tennessee Code
Title 71 - WELFARE (§§ 71-1-101 — 71-7-103)
Chapter 5 - PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR POOR PERSONS (§§ 71-5-NEW — 71-5-2604)
Part 15 - GROUND AMBULANCE SERVICE PROVIDER ASSESSMENT ACT (§§ 71-5-1501 — 71-5-1510)
Section 71-5-1503 - Annual coverage assessment on covered hospitals

• (a) An ambulance provider shall pay an assessment to the bureau:
  • (1) In accordance with this part;
  • (2) In the amount designated in § 71-5-1504;
  • (3) Quarterly, on a day determined by the bureau; and
  • (4) No more than thirty (30) business days after the day on which the bureau issues the ambulance provider notice of the assessment.

• (b) The bureau shall:
  • (1) Determine the standards and procedures used to implement and enforce this part;
  • (2) Collect the assessment described in subsection (a); and
  • (3) Transfer assessment proceeds to the state treasurer for deposit into the ambulance service assessment revenue fund created in § 71-5-1508.

• (c) An ambulance provider shall not increase charges or add a surcharge to ground transports based on, or as a result of, the assessment described in subsection (a).

Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 643, s 5, eff. 4/1/2020.

Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 874, s 1, eff. 7/1/2018.

Added by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 258, s 1, eff. 7/1/2017.