Action Alert: The EMS Cost Recovery
We are asking everyone to contact their Assemblymember at their Albany number and tell them to vote for A.1778-A for any or all of the reasons stated in the text below:
BILL NUMBER: A1778A
SPONSOR: Jones (MS)
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general municipal law and the town law, in relation to authorizing fees and charges for emergency medical services
PURPOSE:
The purpose to allow fire departments the option to recover costs when providing emergency medical services.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. this bill amends subdivision 4 of section 209-b of the General Municipal Law to remove the prohibition on a fire department's ability to recover costs for emergency medical services. Further, this
section provides language to ensure that advanced life support services are compensated for services rendered.
Section 2. amends subdivision 1 of section 122-b of the General Municipal Law to comply with section 1 of this law.
Section 3. amends subdivision 1 of section 184 of to comply with section 1 of this law. Section 4. is the enacting clause.
JUSTIFICATION:
Currently volunteer fire departments and districts that provide emergency medical services are unable to recover costs for the service that they provide. In recent years, a variety of factors have placed great strain on the resources of these services. As a result, many volunteer fire departments and districts have been forced to stop offering ambulance service to their communities.
New York State is the only state in the union which prohibits fire departments from recovering any costs for emergency medical services. This bill will correct that by simply offering departments the option to
recuperate costs of this noble service.
To find your Assemblymember by name or by your address: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/
The Assembly Bill, A. 1778-A by Assemblyman Jones can be reviewed here:
https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A01778&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y
We appreciate your support
