As used in this article:
(1) "Ambulance service" means any entity defined in Section 44-61-20, which is currently certified or licensed by the Department of Health and Environmental Control pursuant to Chapter 61, Title 44, but does not include a municipal fire or police department or any other county, district, municipality, or metropolitan government or agency that provides emergency medical services, entities that exclusively provide air ambulance services, and providers that are required to pay the indigent care assessment tax pursuant to the South Carolina Medically Indigent Assistance Act.(2) "Department" means the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.(3) "Fee" means the ambulance assessment fee authorized by this article.(4) "Net revenue" means gross revenue collected by ambulance services for emergency ground transportations and, to the extent permitted for a permissible health care-related tax under Section 1903b(w) of the Social Security Act, revenue collected by ambulance services for other transports less bad debt, charity care, and payer discounts.(5) "Total ambulance service assessment amount" means an amount not less than one quarter of one percent lower than the maximum limit for a provider assessment pursuant to 42 C.F.R. 433.68(f).Added by 2024 S.C. Acts, Act No. 139 (HB 4113),s 1, eff. 5/13/2024.