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RESOLUTION NO. 6093
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH SETTING ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT,
BASIC LIFE SUPPORT AND EMERGENCY AMBULANCE TRANSPORTATION
FEES TO BE CHARGED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
WHEREAS, Section 8 . 68 . 070 of the Huntington Beach Municipal
Code provides that the City Council shall by resolution establish
fees for all recipients of Advanced Life Support, Basic Life Support
and Emergency Ambulance Transportation services provided by the Fire
Department of the City of Huntington Beach; and
In order to assist in defraying the cost of paramedic and
ambulance services, the City Council desires to establish new fees
to be paid by persons who utilize or benefit from having said
paramedic and ambulance services readily available; and
The fees hereinafter established do not exceed the estimated
reasonable cost of providing paramedic and emergency ambulance
services in the City of Huntington Beach for which the fees are
charged; and
The City of Huntington Beach has complied with the notice
provisions of the California Government Code pertaining to
establishing fees .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Huntington Beach that the fees set forth herein below are
hereby established as follows :
VOLUNTARY MEMBERSHIP FEE ANNUAL FEE
Residence $36. 00
Low Income Household $18 . 00
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Business Location $36 .00 per 10 employees/
$720 maximum
Late Enrollment Fee $12 . 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT FEES COST PER CALL
Emergencies requiring $100 . 00
Basic Life Support Services
by paramedics and/or EMT-
Emergencies requiring $150. 00
Advanced Life Support
Services rendered by
Fire Department Paramedics
AMBULANCE TRANSPORTATION FEES
TYve Basis for Charge Rate
Base Rate Applicable at time of request $150. 00
for ambulance response
Emergency Applicable for Code Two or Code $ 40 . 00
Response Three response at the request of
a public safety employee.
Mileage Per patient mile or fraction thereof $ 8 . 00
Night Call Applicable at the time of request $ 30 . 00
between 7:00 p.m. and 7: 00 a.m.
Oxygen Applicable when administered $ 30. 00
Standby Per 15 minutes after the first $ 22 . 00
minutes and any fraction thereof
Expendable Maximum per response or fair market $ 10 . 00
Medical value, whichever is less .
Supplies
These standard transportation rates were approved by the County of
Orange Board of Supervisors August 8, 1989 .
EXEMPTION AND REDUCTION OF CHARGES
Determination for an exemption or reduction of fees shall be
made by the Fire Chief. His finding shall be based on the following
criteria:
(a) Membership Fees - Low Income Household: Persons who
wish to participate in the FireMed program but claim an inability to
pay because of hardship conditions may enroll at the "Low Income
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Household" rate. Determination shall be based on "HUD Income
Guidelines - Very Low Income Category" currently on file at the
City' s office of the Housing Rehabilitation Administrator.
(b) Inability to Pay: Persons receiving services from the
FireMed Program and claiming an inability to pay may apply to the
Fire Chief for a reduction of charges . The Fire Chief will take
into account the availability of insurance, government assisted
programs and total household income. Based upon his findings he may
reduce the charges to no less than the full annual membership fee.
(c) Medi-Cal Patients : Persons who receive emergency
medical services provided by the Fire Department, who are eligible
under the State of California Medi-Cal program, may provide the City
with a Proof of Eligibility (P.O.E. ) sticker for the month service
was provided and have no further liability for the charges incurred.
(d) Non-Member Medicare Patients: Persons who receive
emergency medical services provided by the Fire Department, who are
eligible for Medicare and demonstrate an inability to pay, may
supply the City with their Medicare number and a signed Medicare
form. They may then apply to the Fire Chief for an exemption of
charges . Based upon his findings, the Fire Chief may reduce or
waive the remaining balance.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the effective date of the
voluntary membership fees set forth in this resolution shall be the
date of passage of Ordinance No. 3026 effective February 7, 1990,
and the remaining fees shall become effective July 1, 1990 . Nothing
contained herein shall prohibit the combination of Fire Department
and ambulance charges for the purpose of billing.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 4th day
of December 1989 .
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk City Attorney
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REVIEWED AND APPROVED: INITIATED AND APPROVED
City Administrator Fi ' ef
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Res. No. 6093
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH }
I, CONNIE BROCKWAY, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the
` City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of
members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is `seven;
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h that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative
vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
4 at a regular meeting thereof held on the 4th day
of December 19 89 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers:
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MacAllister, Winchell , Green, Bannister, Erskine
NOES: Councilmembers:
Mays, Silva
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
None
y Clerk and ex-o io er
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
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