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6/14/84
RESOLUTION NO. 84~4
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA ANA ESTABLISHING FEES FOR EMERGENCY
AND NON-EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION RENDERED TO
PERSONS BY PARAMEDICS OF THE CITY OF SANTA
ANA AND REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 81-115
WHEREAS, the City Council created a Santa Ana
Ambulance Study Committee to study the provision of para-
medic ambulance services in the City of Santa Ana and
elsewhere; and
WHEREAS, the Santa Ana Ambulance study Committee
submitted its report to the City Council on May 14, 1984;
and
WHEREAS, among several recommendations, said Com-
mittee recommended that the estimated full cost of the
city's present paramedic ambulance services be incorporated
into the city's fee structure as soon as possible; and
WHEREAS, the "full cost" of providing such ser-
vices includes, but is not limited to, direct costs, indi-
rect costs, allocated department overhead, fleet mainten-
ance, billing costs, employee benefits, reasonable losses
from uncollectible accounts and equipment depreciation; and
WHEREAS, the present fee for such services does
not support the provision of such services which results in
over One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) annually in tax
subsidy by the residents of Santa Ana; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with said recommendation,
the City Council desires to establish a fee for said ser-
vices which is designed to more closely recover the full
cost for said services.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS:
1. That each person who receives emergency medi-
cal transportation from any city paramedic unit shall be
charged a fee in the amount of Three Hundred Fifty Dollars
($350.00) plus any incidental charges dictated by the exist-
inG third party payor system such as MedicAid/MediCare/MediCal.
RESOLUTION NO. 84-74
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2. That each person who receives non-emergency
medical transportation from any city paramedic unit shall
charged a fee in the amount of One Hundred Twenty Dollars
($120.00) plus any incidental charges dictated by the
existing third party payor systems such as MedicAid/
MediCare/MediCal.
3. That Resolution No. 81-115 of this Council,
adopted on July 20, 1981, is repealed.
be
ADOPTED this 25th day of
June , 1984.
ATTEST:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Luxembourger Aye
Griset Aye
Acosta Aye
Bricken Aye
Johnson Aye
McGuigan Aye
Young Aye
APPROVED AS TO FORM: