(a) (1) Commencing with the state fiscal quarter beginning on July 1, 2018, and continuing each state fiscal quarter thereafter for which this article is implemented, there shall be imposed a quality assurance fee for each emergency medical transport provided by each emergency medical transport provider subject to the fee in accordance with this section. (2) The director shall ensure that the quality assurance fee per emergency medical transport imposed pursuant to this article is collected. (b) (1) On or before June 15, 2018, and continuing each June 15 thereafter for which this article is implemented, the director shall calculate the annual quality assurance fee rate applicable to the following state fiscal year based on the most recently collected data from emergency medical transport providers pursuant to Section 14129.1. The director may correct any identified material or significant errors in the data collected from emergency medical transport providers pursuant to Section 14129.1 for the purposes of calculating the annual quality assurance fee rate. The directorâs determination whether to exercise the directorâs discretion to correct any data pursuant to this paragraph shall not be subject to judicial review, except that an emergency medical transport provider may bring a writ of mandate under Section 1085 of the Code of Civil Procedure to rectify an abuse of discretion by the director in correcting that emergency medical transport providerâs data when that correction results in a greater fee amount for that provider pursuant to this section. (A) For the state fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2018, the annual quality assurance fee rate shall be calculated by multiplying the projected total annual gross receipts for all emergency medical transport providers subject to the fee by 5.1 percent, which resulting product shall be divided by the projected total annual emergency medical transports by all emergency medical transport providers subject to the fee for the state fiscal year. (B) For state fiscal years beginning July 1, 2019, and continuing each state fiscal year thereafter, the annual quality assurance fee rate shall be calculated by a ratio, the numerator of which shall be the sum of: (i) the product of the projected aggregate fee schedule amount and the effective state medical assistance percentage and (ii) the amount described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (f) for the state fiscal year, and the denominator of which shall be 90 percent of the projected total annual emergency medical transports by all emergency medical transport providers subject to the fee for the state fiscal year. (2) On or before June 15, 2018, and continuing each June 15 thereafter for which this article is implemented, the director shall publish the annual quality assurance fee rate on its internet website. (3) In no case shall the fees calculated pursuant to this subdivision and collected pursuant to this article exceed the amounts allowable under federal law. If, on or before June 15 of each year, the director makes a determination that the fees collected pursuant to this subdivision exceed the amounts allowable under federal law, the director may reduce the add-on increase to the fee-for-service payment schedule described in Section 14129.3 only to the extent necessary to reflect the amount of fees allowable under federal law in an applicable state fiscal year. (4) If, during a state fiscal year for which this article is operative, the actual or projected available fee amount exceeds or is less than the actual or projected aggregate fee schedule amount by more than 1 percent, the director shall adjust the annual quality assurance fee rate so that the available fee amount for the state fiscal year will approximately equal the aggregate fee schedule amount for the state fiscal year. The available fee amount for a state fiscal year shall be considered to equal the aggregate fee schedule amount for the state fiscal y
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