HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2018-30 (Title: An Ordinance establishing fees for Ground Emergency Medical Services.)
ORDINANCE NO. 2018-30
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING FEES FOR GROUND
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED BY
THE FRIENDSWOOD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT,
INC., AS THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE CITY OF
FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
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WHEREAS, on July 2, 2018, the City Council awarded the provision of Ground Emergency
Ambulance Service to Friendswood Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., who will provide these services
as the contractor for the City of Friendswood, Texas; and
WHEREAS,on August 8, 2018,the City Council awarded the contract for Emergency Medical
Services (EMS) billing and collection services to Emergicon; and
WHEREAS,on September 10,2018,the City Council authorized the City Manager to negotiate
an amendment to the current contract with the Friendswood Volunteer Fire Department,Inc.,to include
EMS billing, and the next step for the implementation of EMS billing is to establish fees for Ground
Emergency Medical Services.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, STATE
OF TEXAS:
Section 1. That the following fees are hereby adopted and established for Ground
Emergency Medical Services to be provided by Friendswood Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., as the
contractor for the City of Friendswood, Texas:
Advanced Life Support (ALS) Transport $1,100
Advanced Life Support (ALS) -2 Transport S 1,300
Basic Life Support(BLS) Transport S 1,000
Advanced Life Support (ALS) Disposables (Flat Rate) S400
Basic Life Support (BLS) Disposables (Flat Rate) S200
Oxygen $125
Specialty Care Transport (SCT) S1,663
Treat No Transport (TNT) $250
Ground Mileage $15 per mile
Section 2. That in the event any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, provision,
sentence, or part of this ordinance or the application of the same to any person or circumstance shall for
any reason be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not
affect, impair, or invalidate this Ordinance as a whole or any part or provision hereof other than the part
declared to be invalid or unconstitutional;and the City Council of the City of Friendswood,Texas,declares
that it would have passed each and every part of the same notwithstanding the omission of any such part
thus declared to be invalid or unconstitutional,whether there be one or more parts.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall become effective from and after its date of passage in
accordance with law.
PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading this 5th day of November,2018.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED on second and final reading this 3rd day of
December,2018.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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Melinda Welsh, TRMC
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