HomeMy WebLinkAbout032547 ORD - 09/07/2021Ordinance amending Corpus Christi Code for Fire Department by
adding an ambulance fee schedule.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS THAT:
Section 1. The Corpus Christi Code of Ordinances, Chapter 18, Section 20 is amended
by adding the following language that is underlined (added) and deleting the language
that is stricken (deleted) as delineated below:
Sec. 18-20. Ambulance rates.
(a) Ambulance rates schedule. Ambulance rates for emergency medical service shall
be charged pursuant to the ambulance rate schedule. The initial ambulance rate
schedule will be approved by city council and must be filed with the city secretary.
The ambulance rates schedule may be amended per the provisions of this chapter
and such amended schedule must be filed with the city secretary.
(b) Adjustment of ambulance rates.
(1) In this section, "consumer price index" means the annual revised South Region
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for Medical Care, as published
by the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
(2) Any year in which the consumer price index increases by more than one per
cent (1%) from the previous year, ambulances rates may be adjusted by an
amount equal to the annual change in the consumer price index. Ambulance
rate schedule adjustments shall not exceed five per cent (5%) in a single year
and shall not be adjusted more often than annually.
(3) Ambulance ratc schedule will be submittcd to city council annually for review.
Any adjustment of ambulance rates requires city council approval.
(c) The city manager is authorized to establish charges, not to exceed the reasonable
cost of providing the service, for other supplementary services such as providing
standby equipment and crews at special events and attending training courses.
(d) Rates.
(e) Supplementary charges:
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Service or Item
Fee Per
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Service
or Item..
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EMS 911 base rate - Transport
$1,385.00
2
EMS 911 base rate — No Transport
$150.00
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Oxygen
$45.00
4
Advance Life Support (ALS) Routine Disposables
$50.00
151
Basic Life Support (BLS) Routine Disposables
$25.00
(e) Supplementary charges:
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(1) Providing a mileage charge of fifteen ($15.00) per mile from patient pick-up
point to the hospital.
(2) Providing a fee for responding to a medical alarm which is a malfunction, no
one at home, no one injured, sixty dollars ($60.00).
(3) Providing a charge of one hundred twenty five dollars ($125.00) for emergency
medical services provided to non-residents.
(4) Providing a charge of forty-five dollars ($45.00) for additional personnel when
needed to provide patient care during transport.
(5) Providing a charge to the facility of two hundred -fifty dollars ($250.00) for Fire
Department response to skilled nursing facility for the pick-up of a resident that
does not require transport to a hospital.
Section 2. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or
provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment of a
court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect any other section, paragraph,
subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance, for it is the definite intent
of this City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or
provision of this ordinance be given full force and effect for this purpose.
Section 3. Publication shall be made in the official publication of the City of Corpus Christi
as required by the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi.
Section 4. This ordinance takes effect upon publication.
That the foregoing ordinance was read for the first time and passed to its second reading on
this the day of L S 2021, by the following vote:
Paulette M. Guajardo %-`\` y John Martinez
Roland Barrera k_,(Ben Molina
Gil Hernandez C Mike Pusley
Michael Hunter /' n,)5-(1\'\-" Greg Smith
lk
Billy Lerma
That the foregoing ordinance was read for the second time and passed finally on this the 111/
day of O-Kr021, by the following vote:
Paulette M. Guajardo
Roland Barrera
Gil Hernandez
Michael Hunter
Billy Lerma
PASSED AND APPROVED on this the ' day of
ATTEST:
Rebecca Huerta
City Secretary
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EFFECTIVE DATE
John MartinezA-Ii_
Ben Molina
Mike Pusley
Greg Smith
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Paulette M. Guajardo
Mayor
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Certificate of
Publication
NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF
ORDINANCE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRIS TI -SECRETARY NO. 032547, Ordinance
amending Corpus Christi
PO BOX 9277 Code for Fire Department
by adding an ambulance
fee schedule. This ordi-
CORPUS CHRISTI,TX 78401 nance was passed and ap-
proved on second reading
by the Corpus Christi City
Council on September 7,
2021.
STATE OF WISCONSIN) /s/ Rebecca Huerta
)) City Secretary
COUNTY OF BROWN)
I, being first duly sworn, upon oath depose and say that I
am a legal clerk and employee of the publisher, namely,the
Corpus Christi Caller-Times, a daily newspaper published
at Corpus Christi in said City and State, generally circulated
in Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells,
Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, and San Patricio,
Counties, and that the publication of which the annexed is a
true copy,was inserted in the Corpus Christi Caller-Times
in the following issue(s) dated:
09/13/2021
On this September 13,2021, I certify that the attached
document is a true and exact copy made by the publisher:
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