2002-014-ORD RECOGNIZING CURRENT LEVEL OF AMBULANCE SERVICE PROVIDED BY PARIS EMS AS ALS LEVEL OF SERVICE
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.
Section 3. That in order to perpetuate the Advanced Life Support (ALS) level of service
provided by the Paris Emergency Medical Services System, the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Paris, Paris, Texas, shall be, and the same is hereby, amended to add a new Sec. 2-99 thereto
to read as follows:
"Sec. 2-99. Level of service.
"The level of service provided by the City of Paris Emergency Medical Services
System has been the Advanced Life Support (ALS) level, and all ambulances
operated by the City of Paris Emergency Medical Services System shall continue to
be staffed at the level necessary in accordance with established rules and regulations
ofthe State of Texas, the Federal government, and the Medicare program to provide
emergency medical services at the Advanced Life Support (ALS) leve1."
Section 4. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are expressly
repealed to the extent of such conflict only.
Section 5. That this ordinance shall become effective on March 11, 2002.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 11th day of March, 2002.
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