Annual coverage assessment on covered ambulance providers

Tenn. Code Ann. § 71-5-1503, under Ground Ambulance Service Provider Assessment Act.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 71-5-1503

(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 forty-five (45) calendar days after the day on which the bureau issues the ambulance provider notice of the assessment.

(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 forty-five (45) calendar 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.

(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).