Section 27-65-5

(a) The Alabama Association of Ambulance Services shall contract with a business school, accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, located at a doctoral granting regional institution with research college and university Carnegie classification status, which has expertise in risk management and insurance, to study the impact of this chapter on the provision of emergency medical services. (b) The consultant shall produce a report on the findings, which shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in cost, with the cost to be borne by the three largest health care insurers as measured by the number of enrollees in the state, which offer individual health care benefit plans on the Health Insurance Marketplace. (c) In addition to findings on the impact of this chapter on the provision of emergency medical services, the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) Measures taken by other states on the provision of emergency medical services and the effectiveness of those measures. (2) Recommendations of measures that would balance the goals of ensuring adequate access to emergency medical services with the cost burden of such measures on the state, its employers, and residents. (d) The report shall be submitted to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives no later than December 1, 2028.