(1) A ground ambulance provider shall pay an assessment to the department in an amount established by the Department for Medicaid Services under KRS § 205.5602.
(2) The payment of the assessment shall be made at the same time and in the same manner as in KRS § 142.323.
(3) (a) In addition to any penalty assessed under KRS § 131.180 and the interest assessed under KRS § 131.183, the department, in coordination with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, may require a ground ambulance provider that fails to pay an assessment required by this section to pay an additional penalty to the department.
(b) The department, in consultation with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, may promulgate administrative regulations to establish the additional penalty.
(4) The assessment shall not be implemented until after the Department for Medicaid Services receives notice of federal matching funds approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
(5) All assessments and all penalties and fees related to those assessments shall be deposited in the ambulance service assessment fund established in KRS § 205.5603.
(6) A ground ambulance provider shall not increase charges or add a surcharge to ground transport fees based on, or as a result of, the assessment paid to the department.
Effective: July 15, 2020
History: Created 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 110, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2020.