2021 Utah Code
Title 26 - Utah Health Code
Chapter 37a - Ambulance Service Provider Assessment
Part 1 - General Provisions
Section 104 - Calculation of assessment.

Universal Citation: UT Code § 26-37a-104 (2021)
Effective 7/1/2015
26-37a-104. Calculation of assessment.
  • (1) The division shall calculate a uniform assessment per transport as described in this section.
  • (2) The assessment due from a given ambulance service provider equals the non-federal portion divided by total transports, multiplied by the number of transports for the ambulance service provider.
  • (3) The division shall apply any quarterly changes to the assessment rate, calculated as described in Subsection (2), uniformly to all assessed ambulance service providers.
  • (4) The assessment may not generate more than the total of:
    • (a) an annual amount of $20,000 to offset Medicaid administration expenses; and
    • (b) the non-federal portion.
  • (5)
    • (a) For each state fiscal year, the division shall calculate total transports using data from the Emergency Medical System as follows:
      • (i) for state fiscal year 2016, the division shall use ambulance service provider transports during the 2014 calendar year; and
      • (ii) for a fiscal year after 2016, the division shall use ambulance service provider transports during the calendar year ending 18 months before the end of the fiscal year.
    • (b) If an ambulance service provider fails to submit transport information to the Emergency Medical System, the division may audit the ambulance service provider to determine the ambulance service provider's transports for a given fiscal year.


Enacted by Chapter 440, 2015 General Session
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