§ 40-26B-94 — Quarterly Statements; Recordkeeping; Rulemaking Authority

(a) Commencing no later than the fiscal quarter starting April 1, 2023, and through and including the fiscal quarter starting July 1, 2028, on or before the 15th day after the close of each fiscal quarter, every emergency medical transport provider shall file with the department a statement under penalty of perjury on forms prescribed by the department, showing the total number of emergency medical transports, the total amount of gross receipts for the subject fiscal quarter, and other reasonable and necessary information as the department, after consultation with the Alabama Medicaid Agency and adoption of appropriate rules, may require for the proper enforcement of this article.
(b) It shall be the duty of each emergency medical transport provider to keep and preserve suitable books and records as may be necessary to determine the amount of assessments for which it is liable under this article. The books and records shall be kept and preserved for a period of not less than three years, and all such books and records shall be open for examination during business hours by the department or its duly authorized agents.
(c) All information secured pursuant to this article by the department shall be confidential, as prescribed by Section 40-2A-10, except that the department may provide such information to the Alabama Medicaid Agency as necessary for the proper administration of the Medicaid Program, or for the department’s proper administration of the assessment levied by this article.
(d) The department from time to time, as it deems desirable, shall adopt reasonable rules as necessary to provide for the orderly and efficient administration of the assessment levied by this article.

Legislative History

(Act 2022-128, §1; Act 2024-214, §1; Act 2025-370, §1.)