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Amendment - Ambulance Rates
ORDINANCE 92-2896
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS
AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR, "AMBULANCES" OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW,
TEXAS, ESTABLISHING RATES FOR AMBULANCE
SERVICE TO THE PROPOSED STATE PRISON;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
CUMULATIVENESS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A CONFLICT
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Plainview, Texas, by and through its.
City Council has the authority to govern and regulate the
permitted uses of its streets and public ways; and
WHEREAS, the City of Plainview, Texas, has the right, duty
and obligation to protect and regulate ambulance services
occurring within its corporate limits, as such are governmental
functions of as set forth in ~ 101.0215 (2) of the Civil Practice
and Remedies Code; and
WHEREAS, the Plainview City Code, ~ 4-3, "Rates", currently
sets that maximum rates which may be charged by an ambulance
service operating within the corporate limits of the City of
Plainview pursuant to a franchise; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Plainview, Texas,
has determined, after reviewing and hearing the evidence, that an
addition in the allowable rates is in the best interest of the
City of Plainview and its citizens;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the
City of Plainview, Texas that ~ 4-3, Chapter 4, "Ambulances, of
the Code of Ordinances of the City of Plainview, Texas, is hereby
amended to read as follows:
SECTION I.
Sec. 4-3. Rates.
A) Non-emergency Base Rate
$ 85.00
B) Emergency Base Rate, including $125.00
the following:
c)
1. Emergency Run (Code 3)
2. Emergency Run (Code 3-Codel)
3. Night Call
4. Intubation
5. IV Therapy
6. Cardiac Monitor
Oxygen
$ 20.00
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D) Mileage, from station to patient $ 2.50/mile
point of destination
E) Mileage for return trip (patient mile) $ .50/mile
F) Waiting Time
(no charge for first 30 minutes)
20.00/half
hour
G) Rate for second patient when both $ 25.00
from the same household, if medical
attention needed
H) Call-Medical Attention Only $ 50.00
Requested; No Transport
I) All non-reusable medical supplies Recommended
retail cost
Sec. 4-4. State Prison Rates.
The City of Plainview shall provide advanced life support
emergency services for the state prison facility at the following
rates:
Up to twenty (20) E.M.S. runs over the first two (2) year
period, beginning on the date the facility begins accepting
inmates, will be made at no charge; thereafter, rates
charged will equal those set out in section 4-3 of this
chapter.
SECTION II. Severability.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, of portion
of this ordinance is, for any reason, held invalid or
unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such
portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent
provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the
remaining provisions thereof.
SECTION III. Cumulativeness.
Provisions of this ordinance are cumulative and nothing herein
shall prevent, alter, or diminish the applicability or
enforcement of other ordinances restricting, regulating, or
governing the subject matter herein.
SECTION IV. Conflicts
Ail Ordinance or portion of any ordinance of the City of
Plainview, Texas, in conflict herewith, are hereby amended to
conform with the provisions hereof.
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SECTION V. Effective Date.
This ordinance shall be of full force and effect upon its passage
and publication as required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 28th day of January, 1992.
E.V. Ridlehuber, Mayor
ATTEST:
Karen McBeth, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
Jame~..P. Je~fe~ /
City Manager
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Wally H~tch, i y Attorney
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