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TennCare - As enacted, extends the ground ambulance service annual assessment to June 30, 2026; makes other revisions to the Ground Ambulance Service Provider Assessment Act. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 15. Co, the official text

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                            PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 378

                                                    SENATE BILL NO. 747

                                                By Yager, Jackson, Hatcher

                                             Substituted for: House Bill No. 171

                          By Reedy, Behn, Hulsey, Sherrell, Russell, Doggett, Crawford

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 15, relative to ambulances.

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

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 71-5-1503(a)(4), is amended by deleting
the language "thirty (30) business days" and substituting "forty-five (45) calendar days".

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 71-5-1506, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:

                    (c) Notwithstanding § 68-140-319, the office of emergency services shall provide the
          commissioner of health with full access to ambulance run reports maintained by the office. The
          commissioner of health may provide the bureau with ambulance run report data and additional
          requested data, including reports containing protected health information, as needed to ensure
          the assessment program remains in compliance with state and federal laws.

          SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 71-5-1509, is amended by deleting the
language "June 30, 2025" and substituting "June 30, 2026".

          SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 747

PASSED:  April 16, 2025

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                            SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

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                            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                              BILL LEE, GOVERNOR
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