2002-014-ORD RECOGNIZING CURRENT LEVEL OF AMBULANCE SERVICE PROVIDED BY PARIS EMS AS ALS LEVEL OF SERVICE

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ORDINANCE NO. 2002-014 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, RECOGNIZING THE CURRENT LEVEL OF AMBULANCE SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE PARIS EMS SYSTEM AS THE ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT (ALS) LEVEL OF SERVICE; AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, TO ADD A NEW SEC. 2-99 TO REQUIRE A CONTINUATION OF ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT (ALS) AS THE LEVEL OF SERVICE TO BE PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE BY THE PARIS EMS SYSTEM; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, finds and determines that the City of Paris Emergency Medical Services System has provided ambulance service to the residents of Paris and Lamar County at the Advanced Life Support (ALS) level since November 1982; and, WHEREAS, the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has established a new fee schedule for the payment of ambulance services under the Medicare program that will provide Medicare reimbursements for ambulance services at the Basic Life Support (BLS) level, regardless of whether an ALS-Ievel unit responds to calls, unless by ordinance ALS is the level of service required; and, WHEREAS, in order to recognize and perpetuate ALS as the level of service to be provided by the Paris EMS System, and to receive Medicare reimbursements appropriate to the level of service provided, the City Council of the City of Paris desires to provide for continuation of and to mandate the minimum level of service to be provided by the Paris EMS System to be at the Advanced Life Support (ALS) level; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That the City Council hereby finds and determines that ambulance service to the residents of the city of Paris and Lamar County has been provided at the Advanced Life Support (ALS) level since November 1982.