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| 9 | 9 | | HB0083 |
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| 10 | 10 | | 000426 |
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| 13 | 13 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, |
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| 14 | 14 | | Chapter 61, relative to ambulance service. |
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| 16 | 16 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 7-61-102, is amended by adding the |
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| 18 | 18 | | following new subsection: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (g) If a municipal governing body does not provide ambulance service within the |
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| 20 | 20 | | boundaries of the municipality and the county in which the city lies provides ambulance |
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| 21 | 21 | | service within the municipality, then the municipal governing body shall reimburse the |
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| 22 | 22 | | county for the ambulance service provided in proportion to the municipality's population |
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| 23 | 23 | | to the population of the county, according to the most recent federal census; provided, |
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| 24 | 24 | | that the reimbursement must not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the total cost of providing |
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| 25 | 25 | | the ambulance service. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it. |
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