KRS 142.318: Assessment on ground ambulance service providers.

(1) A ground ambulance provider shall pay an assessment to the department in an

amount established by the Department for Medicaid Services under KRS 205.5602.

(2) The payment of the assessment shall be made at the same time and in the same

manner as in KRS 142.323.

(3) (a) In addition to any penalty assessed under KRS 131.180 and the interest

assessed under KRS 131.183, the department, in coordination with the

Cabinet for Health and Family Services, may require a ground ambulance

provider that fails to pay an a ssessment required by this section to pay an

additional penalty to the department.

(b) The department, in consultation with the Cabinet for Health and Family

Services, may promulgate administrative regulations to establish the

additional penalty.

(4) The assessment shall not be implemented until after the Department for Medicaid

Services receives notice of federal matching funds approval from the Centers for

Medicare and Medicaid Services.

(5) All assessments and all penalties and fees related to those asse ssments shall be

deposited in the ambulance service assessment fund established in KRS 205.5603.

(6) A ground ambulance provider shall not increase charges or add a surcharge to

ground transport fees based on, or as a result of, the assessment paid to the

department.