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Home My WebLink About2000-214FILE REFERENCE FORM 2000-214 X Additional File Exists Additional File Contains Records Not Public, According to the Public Records Act Other FILE(S) uate imams Repealed and Replaced by Ordinance No. 2002-244 08/06/02 S �Om Uocumenu�0,dinuicaN W W nbuluwa eervlaa fea tloc ORDINANCE NO p?OOO—o? AN ORDINANCE AMENDING, REPEALING AND REPLACING ORDINANCE NO 98-213 OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING FEES TO BE CHARGED FOR EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICES AND STANDBY EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICES IN THE CITY AS PROVIDED FOR IN SEC 27-102 OF ARTICLE IV OF CHAPTER 27 "VEHICLES FOR HIRE" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, the City of Denton has analyzed and studied its fees for emergency ambulance services, and WHEREAS, the City of Denton should operate a cost-effective and efficient emergency medical service, and WHEREAS, the City of Denton desires to maintain its Health Care Finance Administration (HCFA) Method #4, NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS SECTION 1 That Ordinance No 98-213, enacted by the City Council on July 28, 1998, is hereby amended, repealed and replaced by hereby approving and establishing the following fees for emergency ambulance services in the City pursuant to Sec 27-102 of the Code of Ordinances as follows 1 A basic transportation fee of Three Hundred Dollars ($300 00) will be charged each patient who is a resident of the City of Denton transported from the scene of an emergency to an appropriate medical care facility In addition, a fee of Six Dollars ($6 00) per mile from the incident location to the receiving hospital will be charged 2 A basic transportation fee of Three Hundred Seventy -Five Dollars ($375 00) will be charged each patient who is a non-resident of the City of Denton transported from the scene of an emergency to an appropriate medical care facility In addition, a fee of Six Dollars ($6 00) per mile from the incident location to the receiving hospital will be charged 3 Additional fees, if incurred, shall be charged as follows a $30 00 fee for bandaging/splinting b $30 00 fee for cardiac monitoring c $36 00 fee for cardioversion 5\Our Wo mmsW mmuer\bNembulu au 'f.cE d $60 00 fee for administering Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) $36 00 fee for defibrillation $36 00 fee for diagnostic 12-lead EKG $12 00 fee for glucometer, blood sugar h $36 00 fee for pacing, non-invasive $30 00 fee for carrying a patient down stairs Fees for additional supplies, medication and/or disposal goods administered to each patient will be charged and billed in accordance with the schedule of prices and charges attached to and made a part of this ordinance for all purposes as Exhibit "A" k Fees for additional supplies, medications and/or disposable goods administered to each patient who refuses transport or is transported by means other than a City of Denton ambulance will be charged and billed in accordance with the schedule of prices and charges attached to and made a part of this ordinance for all purposes as Exhibit "A" SECTION 2 That the City shall charge an Emergency Ambulance Standby fee of Seventy-six Dollars ($76 00) per hour with a four (4) hour minimum for the use of any City of Denton emergency ambulance for standby at special events such as football games, rodeos, concerts, etc If any patient is transported, the other fees in the ordinance shall be charged as incurred SECTION 3 That a copy of this schedule of fees and the annual medication and disposal of goods schedule of fees shall be maintained on file in the office of the City Secretary SECTION 4 That all ordinance or parts of ordinance in force when the provisions of this ordinance become effective which are mconsistent or in conflict with the terms or provisions contained in this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of any such conflict SECTION 5 That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word in this ordinance, or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid by any court of competent junsdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance, the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas, hereby declares that they would have enacted such remaining portions despite any such invalidity SECTION 6 That this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and approval Page 2 of 2 5 \Our Urcumenb\ONlneuwWOW nbv Imce wWw tew tloe PASSED AND APPROVED this the � day of a— 2000 ATTEST JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY r BY APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM HERBERT L PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY EYA C am- &t'� EULINE BROCK, MAYOR Page 3 of 3 EXHIBIT "A" AIRWAY AND OXYGEN Airway, oral $0 35 Airway, nasal $1 95 Airway, Combitube $44 55 Airway, Emdotacheal, uncuffed $3 55 Airway, Endotracheal, cuffed $3 95 Endotube Holder $3 72 Laryngoscope Blade, disposable $4 60 BVM, Adult $25 40 BVM, Pediatric $27 23 BVM Infant $30 98 Cricothyrotomy Kit $23 07 Oxygen Admininstration $18 75 02 Mask, Adult $1 39 02 Mask, Pediatric $1 61 02 Mask, Infant $4 17 02 Nebulizer $1 66 Emesis Bag $1 17 Suction Catheter $0 37 Yankauer Suction $2 17 V-Vac Suction $12 12 Suction Cannister $2 32 BANDAGING AND SPLINTING Small Dressing $1 50 Medium Dressing $2 50 Large Dressing $4 50 Asherman Chest Seal $9 27 Cold Packs $0 72 Heat Packs $2 18 Head Beds $4 47 Page 4 C-Collars, any size Splint, short Splint, medium Splint, long IV CATHS AND START KIT Protectiv Cath, any size Butterfly, Scalp Vein, any size Intraosseous Port-A-Cath Start Kit EKG Electrodes Quikcombo Pads 02 Sat Finger prode, any size MISCELLANEOUS Blanket, disposable Burn Sheets OB Kit Infant Thermal Wrap Morgan Lenses Glucometer Test Strips IV SOLUTIONS AND IRRIGATION NS 1000ml NS 500ml Irrigation, NS 250ml MEDICATIONS Adensosine, 6mg Amiodarone, 300mg Aspirin, 81mg disp $5 60 $5 32 $7 98 $9 73 $2 32 $0 49 $13 93 $7 18 $4 00 $2 71 $31 87 $20 82 $2 72 $5 65 $5 40 $6 77 $10 02 $1 70 $1 08 $1 09 $1 08 $38 20 $220 00 $0 15 Page 5 $2 60 Atropine, 1 mg $2 42 Benadryl, 50mg $2 51 Brethine, 1mg $ Clomdine, 0 1mg Dextose 50%, 25g $2 87 $14 38 Dopamine, drip Epinephrine 1 1,000, 1mg $372 Epinephrine 1 10,000, 1mg $2 86 Epinephrine 1 1,000, 30mg $7 71 $2 71 Oral Glucose, 25g $84 15 Glucagon, 1mg $9 33 Haldol, 5mg $2 30 Lasix, 40mg $2 26 Lidocaine, 100mg $5 61 Lidocaine, Drip $3 12 Morphine, 10mg $11 B3 Narcan, 2mg $0 15 Nitrostat Tabs 0 4mg Nitrous Oxide, per application $30 00 $31 27 Norcuron, 10mg $2 18 Phenergan, 25mg $0 45 Proventil, 2,5mg Sodium Bicarb 8 4% 50mEq $2 53 Succinylcholme, 200mg $1 32 $3 12 Tetracaine drops $1 07 Thiamine, 100mg $6 83 Valium,, 10mg Versed, 5mg Page 6