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                            PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 413

                                                     SENATE BILL NO. 160

                                                By Hensley, Jackson, Walley

                                             Substituted for: House Bill No. 83

                                               By Capley, Doggett, Crawford

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 61, relative to ambulance service.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. The Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR)
shall study the economic impact on counties that are required to provide ambulance services, which
counties provide services directly or franchise those services, which municipalities provide
ambulance services, and whether policy changes may benefit the overall health and delivery of
ambulance services in this state.

          SECTION 2. TACIR shall further study emergency and non-emergency transport
reimbursement including from commercial payers, Medicare, Medicaid, and the way counties and
municipalities fund the deficit at which these services operate.

          SECTION 3. TACIR may request information and input from other appropriate state and local
governmental entities, as necessary, and such entities shall comply with TACIR's request. The study
must be conducted from TACI R's existing resources.

          SECTION 4. Upon completion of the study required by Sections 1 and 2, TACIR shall report
its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the chair of the state and
local government committee of the senate and the chair of the committee of the house of
representatives having jurisdiction over subject matters pertaining to state and local government,
and provide a copy of the report to the legislative librarian. The report may be delivered
electronically.

          SECTION 5. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 160

PASSED:  April 21, 2025

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