Tenn. Code Ann. § 71-5-1503: Annual coverage assessment on covered hospitals

(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 § 71-5-1508 . (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). Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 643, s 5, eff. 4/1/2020. Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 874, s 1, eff. 7/1/2018. Added by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 258, s 1, eff. 7/1/2017.

(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.

(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 § 71-5-1508 .

(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).