Tenn. Code Ann. § 71-5-1507
Annual cost and utilization report
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Current — September 30, 2020
As of September 1, 2020
(1) There is created a special agency account in the state general fund to be known as the “ambulance service assessment revenue fund,” referred to in this part as the “fund.” The fund shall continue without interruptions and shall be operated in accordance with this section.
(2) Unless otherwise specified in this part, revenue generated from the following sources must be deposited in the fund: Assessments collected by the bureau under this part;
(3) Penalties collected by the bureau under this part;
(4) Donations to the fund from private sources; and
(5) Investment earnings credited to the fund.
(6) Any fund balance remaining unexpended at the end of a fiscal year carries forward into the subsequent fiscal year and shall not be diverted to the general fund or any other public fund.
(7) Interest accruing on investments and deposits of the fund carries forward into the subsequent fiscal year and shall not be diverted to the general fund or any other public fund.
(8) The state treasurer shall invest the moneys in the fund in accordance with § 9-4-603. The bureau shall administer the funds.
(9) Moneys in the fund must not be diverted to the general fund or any other public fund or any other third party, and moneys in the fund may only be used to: Create supplemental or directed payments for ground ambulance providers; and
(10) Reimburse the amounts designated in § 71-5-1505 for the purpose of administrative expenses.
(11) In the event that this part is rendered invalid and void: To the extent federal matching is not reduced due to the impermissibility of the assessments, the bureau shall disburse pursuant to subsection (f) the moneys remaining in the fund that were derived from assessments imposed by this part and deposited before the occurrence of the invalidating event; and
(12) Following disbursement of moneys in the fund pursuant to subdivision (g)(1), the bureau shall refund any remaining moneys to each ambulance provider in proportion to the amount paid by the respective provider during the most recently completed quarterly payment period.
(1) For the purposes of this part, all ambulance providers shall file an annual cost and utilization report reflecting the most recently completed calendar year.
(2) The submitted cost and utilization report must include: Specified data on any vehicle owned or operated by the ambulance provider that is used for the purposes of patient transport;
(3) Total number of manual ambulance stretchers;
(4) Total number of hydraulic ambulance stretchers;
(5) Information regarding twelve-lead cardiac capabilities;
(6) Revenue data by payer type;
(7) Total transport data by payer type; and
(8) Any additional information that is required by the bureau.
(9) The cost and utilization report must be filed with the bureau no later than May 31 of each calendar year and must contain data from the previous calendar year. The bureau shall assess a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100) for each day that an ambulance provider does not submit a cost and utilization report in compliance with this section. However, the bureau may waive, in whole or in part, any penalty upon a determination that there is good cause for the waiver. The penalty imposed by this section supersedes any penalty imposed under § 12-4-304.
(10) The comptroller of the treasury is granted audit authority to test the accuracy of any and all cost and utilization reports submitted to the bureau for the purposes of this assessment.
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.