County hears legislative update on ambulance reimbursements, local sales tax shift and Duck River protections

Maury County — At its May 19, 2025, meeting the Maury County Commission received an update from James Dunn, the county’s contract lobbyist with the law firm Frost Brown Todd, on state legislation that could affect county revenues and services.

Dunn told commissioners that a bill originally drafted to require cities to reimburse counties for ambulance services was amended into a study. "We have amended that bill to create a study," Dunn said, and the measure was routed to the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR) to gather data on how ambulance services are structured and reimbursed across Tennessee’s 95 counties. Dunn said TACIR will study Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rates and other county and municipal arrangements and that county representatives will have opportunities to provide input during the study period.

The change means no immediate statutory reimbursement requirement…