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Sen. Tom Bennett
Filed: 5/16/2024
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4179
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4179, AS AMENDED, |
| 3 | | with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment |
| 4 | | No. 1, on page 7, by replacing lines 2 through 25 with the |
| 5 | | following: |
| 6 | | "(a) The board of trustees of a district may fix, charge, |
| 7 | | and collect fees not exceeding the reasonable cost of the |
| 8 | | service for ambulance services rendered by the district |
| 9 | | against persons who are not residents of the district and |
| 10 | | against businesses and other entities that are not located |
| 11 | | within the district. |
| 12 | | (b) A fee charged to an individual patient under |
| 13 | | subsection (a) shall be computed at a rate not to exceed $250 |
| 14 | | per hour and not to exceed $70 per hour per ambulance worker |
| 15 | | responding to a call for assistance. An additional fee may be |
| 16 | | charged to reimburse the district for documented extraordinary |
| 17 | | expenses of materials used in rendering ambulance services up |
| 18 | | to the reasonable cost of the materials. No charge shall be |