(a) Resident Ambulance Service. The Village will provide ambulance and emergency rescue squad services to residents and the Village shall only bill residents of Highland Hills and their insurers, including the Federal Health Care Programs of Medicare and Medicaid, for the services provided but only to the extent of their insurance coverage, i.e. there will be no out of pocket costs to the residents of the Village. The Village shall treat the revenues received from Highland Hills' local taxes as payment of any of other applicable co-payments and deductibles that would otherwise be due from the residents of the Village of Highland Hills.
(b) Non-Resident Ambulance Service. The Village of Highland Hills is hereby authorized to charge nonresidents who receive emergency medical and rescue squad services from the Highland Hills Fire Department the usual, reasonable and customary fees that can be charged for such services. Usual, reasonable and customary fees are defined as the fees established by the Medicare operations insurance carrier for the Medicare locality area three, as revised from time to time.
(c) Resident Fire and Rescue & Special Services. Whenever the Village of Highland Hills Fire Department responds to a motor vehicle crash, motor vehicle fire, hazardous materials incident, technical rescue or structure fire, and fire alarms or other emergency service, either inside or outside the fire district response area, the fee structure listed in Sub-Section (e) shall apply and be billed to the Residents of Highland Hills and their insurers for the services provided but only to the extent of their insurance coverage, i.e., there will be no out of pocket costs to the residents of the Village of Highland Hills. The Village shall treat the revenues received from Highland Hills' local taxes as payment of any other applicable co-payments and deductibles that would otherwise be due from the residents of the Village of Highland Hills.
(d) Non-resident Fire and Rescue & Special Services. Whenever the Village of Highland Hills Fire Department responds to a motor vehicle crash, motor vehicle fire, hazardous materials incident, technical rescue or structure fire, and fire alarms or other emergency service, either inside or outside the fire district response area, the fee structure listed in Sub-Section (e) shall apply and be billed to non-residents and their insurers for the services provided.
(f) The Mayor is authorized to enter into an agreement with a company that will provide electronic claims filing systems for the purpose of collecting insurance proceeds indicated in subsection (e) hereof or as modified thereafter.
(g) The Mayor and the Finance Director are authorized to establish guidelines and procedures to assist the indigent and the financially needy that are unable to pay for emergency services.
(h) The funds collected pursuant to this Section shall be disbursed as follows:
(1) Such part thereof necessary to defray all expenses of collection shall be paid.
(2) The balance remaining after such payment shall be deposited in the Fire Department Fund for operations of the Fire Department.
(Ord. 2011-52. Passed 1-11-12.)