File #: 030624    Version: Name: Setting fees for emergency medical services provided by the Fire Department, granting authority to Fire Department to bill for such costs, and setting forth procedures
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Introduced: 4/15/2003 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 4/29/2003 Final action: 5/23/2003
Enactment date: Enactment #: 106-03
Title: Ordinance amending San Francisco Health Code by repealing Section 117 as obsolete; amending San Francisco Health Code Sections 119, 120, 123, 124.1 and 124.5 to: (1) delete reference to Section 117 and add reference to Sections 128 and 128.1, (2) authorize the San Francisco Fire Department to bill for fees for emergency medical services, (3) authorize the San Francisco Fire Department to investigate the ability of patients to pay for the costs of emergency medical services, (4) include the San Francisco Fire Department as a Department for which it is a crime to conceal the ability to pay, (5) include reference to the San Francisco Fire Department in section regarding prima facie evidence of reasonableness of the fees, and (6) provide for a lien on third-party proceeds for costs of San Francisco Fire Department emergency medical services; and amend San Francisco Health Code by adding Section 128.1 to set fees for emergency medical services and supplies provided by the San Francisco Fire Department and to provide for annual increase in fees based on Medical Consumer Price Index.
Sponsors: Mayor, Chris Daly
Attachments: 1. Leg_Ver1, 2. Leg_Ver2, 3. Leg_Final
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