Annual Coverage Assessment on Covered Hospitals

1. Law
2. Tennessee Code
3. Welfare
4. Programs and Services for Poor Persons
5. Ground Ambulance Service Provider Assessment Act
6. Annual Coverage Assessment on Covered Hospitals

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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).

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