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<br />ORDINANCE NO. 2007 - :;2~ ') ~ - B <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA <br />PORTE, TEXAS BY AMENDING CHAPTER 30 "EMERGENCY SERVICES", <br />ARTICLE III "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES" BY ADDING NEW DIVSION 1 <br />"GENERALLY", DIVISION 2 "BILLING POLICY AND PROCEDURES", AND <br />DIVISION 3 "PRIVATE AMBULANCE SERVICE LICENSING"; ADDING NEW <br />SECTIONS 30-94 THROUGH 30-107; DESIGNATING LA PROTE E.M.S. AS <br />PRIMARY PROVIDER OF EMERGENCY SERVICES IN CITY; PROVIDING <br />MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR EMERGENCY TRANSPORT; ESTABLISHING LA <br />PORTE E.M.S. DEPARTMENT BILLING RATES, PROCEDURES AND POLICIES; <br />CONTAINING A SEVERABLITY CLAUSE; CONTAINING A REPEALING CLAUSE; <br />CONTAINING AN OPEN MEETINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE <br />DATE HEREOF; <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: <br /> <br />Section 1. Chapter 30 "Emergency Services", Article III "Emergency Medical Services", of the <br />Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, Texas is hereby amended by adding new Division 1, <br />with new sections 30-78 through 30-85, inclusive, which said Division shall read as follows: <br /> <br />"Division 1. Generally <br /> <br />Sec. 30-78. Designation of Primary Provider. <br /> <br />The City of La Porte hereby recognizes the City's Emergency Medical Services ("EMS") <br />department as the primary provider of pre-hospital emergency medical services within the <br />corporate limits of the City. All persons in need of such services are entitled to receive them <br />without prior determination of the ability to pay. <br /> <br />Sec. 30-79. Definitions. <br /> <br />Unless otherwise specified, the term: <br /> <br />Accept Assignment: a process through which a provider agrees to accept the Medicare- <br />allowed amount as payment in full. A provider who agrees to this amount is said to "accept <br />assignment. " <br /> <br />Advanced Life Support (ALS): ALS assessment by ALS personnel or the provision of at <br />least one ALS intervention. <br /> <br />Ambulance means any motor vehicle that is specially designed or constructed and <br />equipped and is intended to be used for and is maintained or operated for the treatment and <br />transportation of patients. <br />