(a) The Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) shall study the economic impact on counties that are required to provide ambulance services, which counties provide services directly or franchise those services, which municipalities provide ambulance services, and whether policy changes may benefit the overall health and delivery of ambulance services in this state.
(b) TACIR shall further study emergency and non-emergency transport reimbursement including from commercial payors, Medicare, Medicaid, and the way counties and municipalities fund the deficit at which these services operate.
(c) TACIR may request information and input from other appropriate state and local governmental entities, as necessary, and such entities shall comply with TACIR's request. The study must be conducted from TACIR's existing resources.
(d) Upon completion of the study required by subsections (a) and (b), TACIR shall report its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the chair of the state and local government committee of the senate and the chair of the committee of the house of representatives having jurisdiction over subject matters pertaining to state and local government, and provide a copy of the report to the legislative librarian. The report may be delivered electronically.