§ 71-5-1503. Annual Coverage Assessment on Covered Hospitals
An ambulance provider shall pay an assessment to the bureau:
In accordance with this part;
In the amount designated in § 71-5-1504;
Quarterly, on a day determined by the bureau; and
No more than thirty (30) business days after the day on which the bureau issues the ambulance provider notice of the assessment.
The bureau shall:
Determine the standards and procedures used to implement and enforce this part;
Collect the assessment described in subsection (a); and
Transfer assessment proceeds to the state treasurer for deposit into the ambulance service assessment revenue fund created in § 71-5-1508.
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).
