Arkansas Code
Subchapter 28 - Assessment Fee and Program on Medical Transportation Providers
§ 20-77-2804. Program administration

(a) The Director of the Division of Medical Services of the Department of Human Services shall administer the assessment program created in this subchapter.
(b)
(1) The Division of Medical Services of the Department of Human Services shall adopt rules to implement this subchapter.
(2) Unless otherwise provided in this subchapter, the rules adopted under subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall not grant any exceptions to or exemptions from the medical transportation provider assessment imposed under § 20-77-2803.
(3) The rules adopted under subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall include any necessary forms for:
(A) Calculating of upper payment limits;
(B) Reporting of net operating revenue;
(C) Imposing and collecting of the medical transportation provider assessment imposed under § 20-77-2803; and
(D) Enforcing this subchapter, including without limitation letters of caution or sanctions.

(4) The rules adopted under subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall specify which time periods are used as the basis for the calculation of the assessment in each state fiscal year.

(c) To the extent practicable, the division shall administer and enforce this subchapter and collect the assessments, interest, and penalty assessments imposed under this subchapter using procedures generally employed in the administration of the division's other powers, duties, and functions.

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