NAC704.680473. Application for disbursement from fund to provider of discounted rates or discounted service for provider of health care.

     1. A provider of telecommunication service who is designated as an eligible telecommunications carrier and who provides intrastate eligible telecommunications services to a provider of health care pursuant to NAC 704.680472 may file an application with the Commission requesting a disbursement of money from the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service for an amount equal to the difference between the urban rate and the rural rate for those services, as those rates are determined pursuant to 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.605 and 54.607.

     2. Any telecommunications carrier who offers to a provider of health care intrastate access to an Internet service provider may file an application with the Commission requesting a disbursement of money from the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service for the costs of the toll charges for such access.

     3. A disbursement of money from the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service will be made for the purposes set forth in subsections 1 and 2 only if:

     (a) The provider of health care to whom the telecommunications carrier provides the discounted service meets the requirements set forth in NAC 704.680471; and

     (b) Federal universal service support is not available to pay the entire amount of the discount or costs of the toll charges.

     4. An application filed pursuant to this section must include:

     (a) The identity of each provider of health care to which discounted intrastate services will be provided at a discounted rate;

     (b) A detailed description of each service that will be provided to each provider of health care, including, without limitation, references to intrastate tariffs on file at the Commission, if applicable;

     (c) The rural rate for each service that will be provided, as determined pursuant to 47 C.F.R. § 54.607;

     (d) The urban rate for each service that will be provided, as determined pursuant to 47 C.F.R. § 54.605;

     (e) The difference between the annual revenues that would be generated if the provider provided the intrastate services to the provider of health care at the rural rate and the annual revenues that will be generated at the urban rate;

     (f) The amount of money requested to support access to an Internet service provider; and

     (g) Information which demonstrates that federal universal service support is unavailable for the calendar year to pay the amount of the discount or the costs of the toll charges.

     5. The Commission will issue an order approving, denying or modifying an application filed pursuant to this section within 90 days after receipt of the application.

     (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97; A by R009-98, 4-17-98; R006-09, 10-27-2009)