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O. Compliance with Medicare and Medicaid Requirements. This chapter and <br /> the fire department transport service fees hereunder shall be construed and <br /> implemented in a manner consistent with applicable Medicare and Medicaid <br /> requirements. If any part of this chapter is found to conflict with Medicare <br /> and Medicaid requirements, the conflicting part of this chapter shall be <br /> inoperative to the extent of the conflict and such finding or determination <br /> shall not affect the operation of the remainder of this chapter. <br /> Be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: <br /> Operation and Funding <br /> The following procedures are established for users of the city's fire department <br /> ALS and BLS patient transport service: <br /> A. Charges to Be Made. All persons who are transported by fire department <br /> emergency paramedic/aid unit shall be charged for all services rendered by <br /> the fire department. Each person transported will be billed for all services <br /> provided. EMS members and nonmembers, as defined in subsection B of <br /> this section, shall be billed at the same rate. <br /> B. EMS Membership Benefits. By reason of property tax levies under RCW <br /> 84.52.069 for EMS, which are levied against property within the corporate <br /> limits of the city or are levied against property within the corporate limits of a <br /> jurisdiction for which the city has assumed contractual EMS responsibility, <br /> each resident of the city and those of contractual jurisdictions, by signing (by <br /> recipient or authorized representative) a city-approved EMS membership <br /> form containing an assignment of benefits to the city, together with an <br /> appropriate release of medical information, shall become an EMS member <br /> and be entitled to membership benefits as herein provided. An EMS member <br /> receiving transport by the fire department unit shall be deemed to have paid <br /> (by reason of the special levy imposed under RCW 84.52.069) that portion of <br /> the charges incurred which is not payable by third parties and insurers, <br /> including but not limited to any insurance or medical benefits of any nature <br /> available to such member. This EMS membership benefit of coverage of <br /> charges in excess of available insurance or medical benefits shall cease <br /> when or if: <br /> 1. A member ceases to be a resident; <br /> 2. A member refuses to provide requested information pertaining to third <br /> party coverage or to provide appropriate releases of information and <br /> assignment of benefit to the city on forms provided by the city; or <br /> 3. Such EMS membership benefit is limited or extinguished by <br /> amendment or repeal of this chapter. <br /> 6 <br />