To provide further for the availability of indigent health care, the operation of the Medicaid Program and the maintenance and expansion of emergency medical transport services:
(1) Commencing no later than the fiscal quarter starting April 1, 2023, and through and including the fiscal quarter starting July 1, 2024, an assessment is imposed on each emergency medical transport provider based on emergency medical transports. The quarterly assessment for each emergency medical transport provider shall be calculated based on the product of the assessment rate and the total number of emergency medical transports rendered by the emergency medical transport provider from the previous fiscal quarter.
Terms Used In Alabama Code 40-26B-91
- emergency medical transport provider: includes both public and private providers. See Alabama Code 40-26B-90
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
