A. Policies For Discharging Accountability:
1. The fire chief will develop policies and procedures for invoicing, billing, and receiving payments for each fee charged under this chapter and will coordinate the administration with any contracted third party service provider, if applicable. The policies and procedures will include a process to discharge from accountability accounts that are not collectible.
2. The city shall accept the payment, if any, from the insurer as the full payment for the recipient's first responder fee obligation and the city shall not require the recipient to pay for any portion of the first responder fee not paid by the insurer.
B. Administration Of The Fee: The fire chief may delegate all or some of the tasks required for the administration of the non-resident first responder fee. Administration of the non-resident first responder fee will consist of tasks including, but not limited to, tracking of emergency medical first responder services provided by the fire department, identification of financially responsible parties, calculation of total fees to be charged, invoicing and payment collection, and appeals, if permitted. The city manager may approve of delegation of administration of the non-resident first responder fee by a contracted third party.
C. Invoicing: When the fire department provides emergency medical first responder services to a non-resident, the city, or its designee, shall bill the non-resident and the insurer, if any, for payment of the non-resident first responder fee. In the case of a minor, the city, or its designee, shall bill the parent or guardian of the recipient who received the services and to the insurer, if the person, or his or her representative, has identified to the fire department the insurer to which the invoice should be sent.
(Ord. 2904 § 1, 2019)