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ORDINANCE NO. <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, <br />INDIANA, AMENDING SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 9, ARTICLE 3, OF THE SOUTH <br />BEND MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADDRESS AMBULANCE/MEDICAL SERVICE FEES <br />STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT <br />Since 1981, the City of South Bend, Indiana has codified the regulation of ambulance and <br />medical user fees into the South Bend Municipal Code. South Bend's current ambulance and <br />medical user fees took effect on January 1, 2009 (Ordinance No. 9887 -08). <br />The South Bend Fire Administration has regularly reported to the Common Council its <br />ambulance service activity pursuant to Chapter 9, Section 9 -18 of the South Bend Municipal <br />Code, and has provided its recommendation regarding adjustment of user fees. Based on its <br />survey of these fees and charges, and due to increased costs to the City for personnel training and <br />necessary medical supplies, it is recommended that ambulance and medical user fees be adjusted <br />consistent with the 2012 Medicare Fee Schedule. In order for the Fire Department paramedic <br />branch to fully recover the costs and expenses of providing ambulance and emergency medical <br />services, an adjustment is required of the rates last set in 2009. <br />It is further recommended by the Fire Administration that hereafter the South Bend Fire <br />Chief be authorized to adjust these user fees once annually and automatically by the same <br />percentage rate as any adjustments made to the Medicare Fee Schedule rates, with notice to the <br />City Clerk after which such new rates will take effect. It is further recommended that the report <br />to the Common Council required by Municipal Code Chapter 9, Article 13, Section 9 -18, take <br />place by June 1 of each calendar for the entire preceding fiscal year. These changes are <br />reasonable, appropriate, and in the best interests of the City of South Bend. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of South <br />Bend, Indiana, as follows: <br />Section I. Chapter 9, Article 3, Section 9 -16 of the South Bend Municipal Code shall be <br />amended to read in its entirety as follows: <br />Sec. 9 -16. Ambulance /medical user fee -- Established. <br />(a) The following user fee schedule shall be charged for all ambulance /medical services provided by <br />the City through its paramedic branch of the Fire Department: <br />
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