Section 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.