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§ 71-5-1503. Annual coverage assessment on covered hospitals.

TN Code § 71-5-1503 (2019) (N/A)
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(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 § 71-5-1507.

(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).

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