HomeMy WebLinkAboutord1995-001COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA BILL N0.94 -613
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SUBJECT:
Ordinance amending the fee schedule for ambulance service charges
ATTACHMENTS:
the ordinance
information sheet from the Bellingham Fire Department showing current and proposed rate changes
SUMMARY STATEMENT: Please complete sections of box as appropriate & explain the item below.
Related County contract #: Should Clerk schedule a hearing? NO /J YES /XJ Requested date:
Amount budgeted for this item /protect: $ 1 Is it (or will it be) within budget? YES / / NO
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rhe - Interlocal agreement between the City of Bellingham and Whatcom County to provide emergency medical
,are and transportation services (ambulance) requires that the City and whatcom County agree on and establish
.ees by ordinance. Ordinance 94 -014 adopted on 3/22/94 adjusted user rates to make the service fully funded.
Phis ordinance further refines the fee schedule to make the charges truly reflective of the cost of providing'the
;ervice.
the fees are not included in the Unified Fee Schedule for Whatcom County because the City of Bellingham Fire
department collects the fees.
ORIGINATOR'S RECOMMENDED ACTION:
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�OMMITTEE ACTION TAKEN:
�OUNCIL ACTION TAKEN:
12/13/94: Introduced
1/10/95: Adopted 6 -1 (Brenner opposed)
telated •File Numbers: Ordinance or Resolution Number (this item only): ORD . 95 -001
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ambulancefee.ord- amendord
SPONSORED BY: Consent
PROPOSED BY: Executive
INTRODUCTION DATE:
ORDINANCE NO. 95 -001
ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 94 -014, ESTABLISHING
SERVICE FEES AND SETTING A FEE SCHEDULE
RELATING TO AMBULANCE SERVICE CHARGES
WHEREAS, an interlocal agreement between the City of Bellingham and
Whatcom County provides for emergency medical care and transportation services
(ambulance) and also requires that the City and Whatcom County agree on and establish
the fees by ordinance; and,
WHEREAS, the base rates established in Ordinance 94- 014.need to be adjusted
to reflect increased costs of providing the service,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED by the Whatcom County Council that the fee
schedule for ambulance services in Section A and B of Ordinance 94 -014 is now
superseded by a new Section A and B below; also, Sections C, D, E, F, G and H are now
added:
A. BASE RATES - EMERGENCY MEDICAL
Basic life support (no transport)
(In Dollars)
Basic life support transport (county) ..................................
Basic life support transport (out of county) .............................
Advanced life support (no transport) .................................
Advanced life support transport (county /supplies included) .................
Advanced life support transport (county /supplies additional) ................
Advanced life support transport (out of county /supplies included) ............
Advanced life support transport (out of county /supplies additional) ..........
NON - EMERGENCY MEDICAL
Basic life support (county .......... .. .............................. .
Basic life support transport (out of county) .............................
Advanced life support transport (county /supplies included .................
Advanced life support transport (county /supplies additional) ................
Advanced life support transport (out of county /supplies included) ............
Advanced life support transport (out of county /supplies additional) .......... .
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$75.00
260.00
310.00
200.00
420.00
397.00
470.00
447.00
210.00
260.00
325.00
302.00
370.00
347.00
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B. MILEAGE
Mileage per .mile, from the point at which the patient is accepted to the point
of delivery ....................... ...........................7.00
C. STANDBY SERVICE (per hour) .... ............................... 50.00
D. OXYGEN (for base rates, with supplies additional) ..................... 18.00
E. MULTIPLE PATIENTS IN ONE AMBULANCE ....................... 75.00
(Two or more patients carried by one ambulance, an additional charge of $75.00 for each
patient above the first patient shall be added to the base rate. This amount shall then
be prorated among the patients)
F. INTRAVENOUS SETUPS, drugs and disposable supplies .......... Cost plus 10%
G. NON - RESIDENT AND NON -OWNER of real property
in Whatcom County user ..... ............................... $100.00
H. NIGHT CHARGE (7:00 P.M. TO 7:00 A.M.) ......................... 20.00
ADOPTED THIS o DAY OF January , 1995.
ATTEST:
Council Cler
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
(thief Civil D ty Prosecuting Attorney
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WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
o ert A. Imhof, CdiiAjl Chair
(PROVED () DENIED
Shirley Van Zan en, CouAy Executive
Date:
CURRENT PROPOSED
A. BASE RATES .
Standby service (per hour).
50.00
EMERGENCY MEDICAL
D.
Oxygen (for base rates with supplies additional).
Basic life support (no transport)
75.00
no change
Basic life support transport (county)
250.00
260.00
Basic life support transport (out of
county)
300.00
310.00
-Advanced life support (no transport)
200.00
no change
Advanced life support transport
(county /supplies included)
360.00
420.00
Advanced life support transport
( countylsupplies additional)
347.00
397.00
Advanced life support transport (out of
county /supplies included
410.00
470.00
Advanced life support transport (out of
county/supplies additional)
397.00
447.00
NON - EMERGENCY MEDICAL
Basic Life support (county)
200.00
210.00
Basic life support transport (out of county)
250.00
260.00
Advanced life support transport (county/
supplies included)
265.00
325.00
Advanced life support transport (county/
supplies additional)
252.00
302.00
Advanced life support transport (out of
'county/supplies included)
310.00
370.00
- Advanced life support transport (out of
county/supplies additional
297.00
347.00
B. Mileage per mile, from the point at which
the patient is accepted to the point of
delivery. 7.00 no change
C.
Standby service (per hour).
50.00
no change
D.
Oxygen (for base rates with supplies additional).
1$.00
no change
E. Multiple patients in one ambulance: Two
or more patients carried by one
ambulance, an additional charge of $75.00
for each patient above the first patient
shall be added to the base rate. This
amount shall then be pro -rated among the
patients. 75.00 no change
F. Intravenous setups, drugs, and disposable
supplies. cost + 10% no change
G. Non - resident and non -owner of real
property in Whatcom County user. 100.00 no change
H. Night charge (7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.). 10.00 20.00