HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2022-24ORDINANCE NO.2022-24
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD,
TEXAS, AMENDING THE SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR "EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICES" IN APPENDIX D "SCHEDULE OF FEES, RATES, CHARGES,
DEPOSITS, BONDS AND INSURANCE AMOUNTS" OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY
CODE TO UPDATE FEES FOR GROUND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD THROUGH THE FRIENDSWOOD
VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS
OF ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT OR IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY, PUBLICATION AND THE EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on July 2, 2018, the City Council awarded the provision of Ground Emergency
Ambulance Service to Friendswood Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., to provide these services for the City
of Friendswood, Texas; and
WHEREAS, on August 6, 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
amendmentto the current contract with the Friendswood Volunteer Fire Department to include EMS billing,
and the next step for the implementation of EMS billing is to establish fees for Ground Emergency Medical
Services; and
WHEREAS, on December 3, 2018, the City Council adopted Fees for the emergency medical
services to be provided by the City of Friendswood through the Friendswood Volunteer Fire Department;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the fees established and believes that the same should
be updated in accordance with this ordinance; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, STATE
OF TEXAS:
Section
1.
The facts and matters set forth
in the preamble of this
ordinance are hereby
found to be true
and
correct.
Section 2. That the schedule of fees for "Emergency Medical Services" in Appendix D
"Schedule of Fees, Rates, Charges, Deposits, Bonds and Insurance Amounts" of the Friendswood City
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Description
Amount
Code Section
Emer
enc Medical Services
1
Advanced Life Support ALS Transport
$15300
2
Advanced Life Support ALS -2 Transport
$1,500
3
Basic Life Support BLS Transport
$19200
(4)
Advanced Life Support (ALS) Disposables (Flat
Rate
$400
5
Basic Life Support BLS Disposables Flat Rate
$200
6
Oxygen
$125
7
Specialty Care Transport (SCT)
$15883
8
Treat No Transport TNT
$250
9
Ground Mileage(per mile
$23
Section I All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent or in conflict herewith are,
to the extent of such inconsistency, hereby repealed.
Section 4. In the event any clause phrase, provision, sentence, or part of this Ordinance or
the application of the same to any person or circumstances 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 5. That this ordinance shall become effective on October 1, 2022, after its date of
adoption and its publication, as provided by law.
PASSED and APPROVED on first reading this 15' day of August, 2022.
Mayor
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APPROVED AS TO FORM: GO
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MVIZEN HORNER, City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second and final reading this 12'h day of
September, 2022.
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LETICIA BRYSCH, City Secretary
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APPROVED AS TO FORM: N�A
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KAREN HORNER City Attorney
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