Number
001819
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
001197
Sponsor
ALD. NARDELLI, CAMERON AND DONOVAN
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to ambulance conveyance rates.
Sections
75-15-14-c rc
Analysis
This ordinance creates a 2-tiered system for ambulance conveyance rates and increases the amount charged for both Basic Life Support and Basic Life Support —Emergency conveyances.
For patients who are residents of the city of Milwaukee, it increases the amount charged for both types of conveyance from the current $252.55 to $325.
• For patients who are not residents of the city of Milwaukee, it increases the amount charged for both types of conveyance from the current $252.55 to $375.
This ordinance also increases the ambulance mileage rate from the current $6.74 per mile to $8.76.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 75-15-14-c of the code is repealed and recreated to read:
75-15. Ambulance Certification Regulations.
14. AMBULANCE RATE.
c. The rate charged for conveyance shall be as follows:
c-I. For patients who are residents of the city of Milwaukee, for Basic Life Support, $325 and, for Basic Life Support — Emergency, $325.
c-2. For patients who are not residents of the city of Milwaukee, for Basic Life Support, $375 and, for Basic Life Support-Emergency, $375.
c-3. In addition to the charges provided in subds. c-I and 2, a charge of $8.76 per mile shall be assessed for mileage, mileage to be defined as the distance traveled with the patient in the ambulance from the point of patient origin to destination.
LRB
APPROVED AS TO FORM
________________________
Legislative Reference Bureau
Date_____________________
Attorney
IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE ORDINANCE
IS LEGAL AND ENFORCEABLE
Office of the City Attorney
Date:_____________________
Requestor
Drafter
LRB01159-2
jro
05/17/01