(a) Emergency medical services shall be provided by the City of Mayfield Heights Fire Department, on a fee basis, in response to any call for such service. Every person using such service, or the guardian of such person, or any other person who is financially responsible for such person, shall be liable for the payment of fees and charges as established by this section.
(b) The Mayor is hereby authorized to establish fees and charges for the delivery of various levels of emergency medical services by the Fire Department, and to adjust said fees and charges when necessary.
(c) All billings for fees and coverage established by this section shall be made by the Finance Director and all moneys collected shall be deposited according to the following schedule: 50% General Fund; 50% Fire Capital Improvement Fund.
(d) The Mayor shall enter into an agreement on behalf of the City to engage the services of a billing and collection company which shall submit claims on behalf of the City to private insurers and/or the Federal Health Care Program of Medicare and Medicaid and shall issue bills to persons using emergency medical services for such amounts not covered by insurance to the extent provided herein. Each person who uses emergency medical services provided by the City shall assign any insurance proceeds available to such person to the City. This City is authorized to bill and collect from all other individuals such amounts as are not covered by insurance, Medicare or Medicaid.
(e) When emergency medical services are provided by City of Mayfield Heights personnel to persons outside the City limits pursuant to a mutual aid agreement or understanding with another municipality, the City shall bill such persons in accordance with the practices of the requesting municipality. When emergency medical services are provided within the City of Mayfield Heights by personnel of another municipality pursuant to a mutual aid agreement or understanding, such person shall be billed in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(Ord. 2009-32. Passed 12-14-09; Ord. 2016-21. Passed 6-13-16; Ord. 2019-24. Passed 9-9-2019.)