(a) The department shall establish reasonable fees to be collected from individuals who are:
- (1) Transported by emergency ground ambulance services to a health care facility within the service area designated by the department for the care of the individual; or
- (2) Provided health care by emergency medical services personnel within the service area but not transported by ground ambulance to a health care facility.
- (b) The department may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section.
- (c) No later than July 1, 2020, the department shall adopt interim rules, which shall be exempt from chapter 91 and chapter 201M, to effectuate the purposes of this section; provided that the interim rules shall remain in effect until July 1, 2023, or until rules are adopted pursuant to subsection (b), whichever occurs sooner.
[L 2019, c 140, pt of §1; am L 2021, c 208, §8]