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20-77-2803. Medical transportation provider assessment.
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20-77-2803. Medical transportation provider assessment.
(a)(1) Except as provided in this subchapter, an assessment is imposed on each medical transportation provider for each state fiscal year in an amount calculated as a percentage of the net operating revenues of the medical transportation provider.
(2) The assessment rate shall be determined annually based upon the percentage of net operating revenue needed to generate an amount up to the nonfederal portion of the upper payment limit gap plus the annual fee to be paid to the Arkansas Medicaid Program under § 20-77-2805(f)(1)(C), but in no case at a rate that would cause the assessment proceeds to exceed the indirect guarantee threshold set forth in 42 C.F.R. § 433.68(f)(3)(i).
(3) The assessment rate described in subsection (a) of this section shall be determined after consultation with The Arkansas Ambulance Association or its successor association.
(b) This subchapter does not authorize a unit of county or local government to license for revenue or impose a tax or assessment:
(1) Upon medical transportation providers; or
(2) Measured by the income or earnings of a medical transportation provider.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-77-2803
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20-77-2803. Medical transportation provider assessment.
(a)(1) Except as provided in this subchapter, an assessment is imposed on each medical transportation provider for each state fiscal year in an amount calculated as a percentage of the net operating revenues of the medical transportation provider.
(2) The assessment rate shall be determined annually based upon the percentage of net operating revenue needed to generate an amount up to the nonfederal portion of the upper payment limit gap plus the annual fee to be paid to the Arkansas Medicaid Program under § 20-77-2805(f)(1)(C), but in no case at a rate that would cause the assessment proceeds to exceed the indirect guarantee threshold set forth in 42 C.F.R. § 433.68(f)(3)(i).
(3) The assessment rate described in subsection (a) of this section shall be determined after consultation with The Arkansas Ambulance Association or its successor association.
(b) This subchapter does not authorize a unit of county or local government to license for revenue or impose a tax or assessment:
(1) Upon medical transportation providers; or
(2) Measured by the income or earnings of a medical transportation provider.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
20-77-2805. Medical Transportation Assessment Account.
(a)(1) There is created within the Arkansas Medicaid Program Trust Fund a designated account known as the “Medical Transportation Assessment Account”.
(2) The medical transportation provider assessments imposed under § 20-77-2803 shall be deposited into the Medical Transportation Assessment Account.
(b) Moneys in the Medical Transportation Assessment Account shall consist of:
(1) All moneys collected or received by the Division of Medical Services of the Department of Human Services from medical transportation provider assessments imposed under § 20-77-2803;
(2) Any interest or penalties levied in conjunction with the administration of this subchapter; and
(3) Any appropriations, transfers, donations, gifts, or moneys from other sources, as applicable.
(c) The Medical Transportation Assessment Account shall be separate and distinct from the General Revenue Fund Account of the State Apportionment Fund and shall be supplementary to the Arkansas Medicaid Program Trust Fund.
(d) Moneys in the Medical Transportation Assessment Account shall not be used to replace other general revenues appropriated and funded by the General Assembly or other revenues used to support Medicaid.
(e) The Medical Transportation Assessment Account shall be exempt from budgetary cuts, reductions, or eliminations caused by a deficiency of general revenues.
(f)(1) Except as necessary to reimburse any funds borrowed to supplement funds in the Medical Transportation Assessment Account, the moneys in the Medical Transportation Assessment Account shall be used only as follows:
(A) To make emergency medical transportation access payments under § 20-77-2809;
(B) To reimburse moneys collected by the division from medical transpor
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-77-2805
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 20-77-2805. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.