(A) Definitions.
(1) For purposes of this section, BASIC LIFE SUPPORT AMBULANCE SERVICE shall mean an emergency procedure that consists of the recognition and treatment of injuries and ailments without the use of advanced medical instruments or supplies.
(2) For purposes of this section, ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT AMBULANCE SERVICE shall mean an emergency life saving procedure that consists of the use of advanced medical instruments or supplies, cardiac monitoring, defibrillation, the maintenance of and intravenous life line or the infusion of appropriate medications.
(B) Whenever the village has entered into an agreement for the services of any fire department ambulance service of any nearby municipality, there shall be an ambulance user fee for any person transported by the ambulance service from within the village to a hospital or other care facility. The fee shall be in an amount fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees for basic life support ambulance service or for advanced life support ambulance service, as the case may be.
(C) The fees established pursuant to subsection (B) above shall be assessed and paid in the following manner.
(1) Every person transported by the ambulance service who has in force at the time of service any form of insurance that provides coverage for ambulance service, including Medicare, Medicaid and private or self-insured programs, shall be, for the purpose of this section, the insured.
(2) Any insured, by accepting the ambulance service provided, shall thereby assign to the village or its contractor, and the village or its contractor shall thereby become subrogated to, all rights to any of insurance authorizing payment for ambulance service.
(3) Every insured transported by ambulance, or the spouse or representative of the insured, or the insured’s parent or legal guardian if the insured is a minor, shall provide to the village or its contractor all information necessary to present a claim on behalf of the village or its contractor and shall authorize the release of information to the village or its contractor by any hospital or physician to whom the insured is transported by ambulance.
(4) The village or its contractor shall file whatever claim may be necessary to obtain payment from the insurance source. The village or its contractor shall file claims on behalf of the insured with the primary insurer or any secondary or supplemental insurance provider.
(a) In the event that the insurer requires an assignment accepting the amount of the fee authorized by that insurer, the village or its contractor will agree to the assignment and any amount of the user fee remaining unpaid will be recovered in the manner set forth in subsection (C)(5) below.
(b) If the terms of the coverage available to the insured provide a fixed fee less than the established ambulance user fee, or if the insurer, by the terms of the agreement with the insured, or, as a consequence of any law or regulation, is required to pay only a percentage of the fee, then any amount of the user fee remaining unpaid will be recovered as set forth in subsection (C)(5) below.
(5) The village shall provide in its annual budget, appropriation ordinance and tax levy ordinance for an account against which a charge shall be made for all user fees that remain unpaid, in whole or in part, after applying all available underlying primary, secondary or supplemental insurance.
(6) The village or its contractor shall, upon request, provide an insured with the documentation of any claim or payment.