Town of West New York, NJ
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2022-12-14
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 31 Emergency Medical Services
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Agreements, Joint
- Ch 4 Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
- Ch 5 Attendance Policy
- Ch 6 Authorities
- Ch 8 Automotive Maintenance and Repair, Division of
- Ch 10 Board of Education
- Ch 11 Civil Rights Commission
- Ch 13 Civil Service
- Ch 16 Community Development, Department of
- Ch 19 Construction Board of Appeals
- Ch 21 Construction Code Official
- Ch 24 Court, Municipal
- Ch 27 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 30 Electrical Subcode Official
- Ch 31 Emergency Medical Services
- Ch 31 Art I Third-Party Payment Plan
- § 31-0.1 Preamble.
- § 31-1 Title.
- § 31-2 Establishment of plan; responsibility for billing.
- § 31-3 (Reserved)
- § 31-4 Records review.
- § 31-5 Contracts.
- § 31-6 Fee adjustments.
- § 31-7 Filing of copy.
- § 31-8 Repealer.
- § 31-9 When effective.
- Ch 33 Environmental Commission
- Ch 36 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 39 Finances
- Ch 42 Fire Department
- Ch 46 Franchises
- Ch 49 Housing, Department of
- Ch 53 (Reserved)
- Ch 56 Law Department
- Ch 58 Library Board
- Ch 59 License Department
- Ch 62 Local Civil Defense Council
- Ch 66 (Reserved)
- Ch 69 Officers and Employees
- Ch 72 Parking Services Agency
- Ch 74 Pensions
- Ch 76 Personnel
- Ch 80 Police Department
- Ch 83 Police and Fire Department Affairs
- Ch 86 Public Affairs, Department of
- Ch 88 Purchasing
- Ch 90 Residency Requirements
- Ch 93 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 95 Sanitation Division
- Ch 97 Swimming Pool Commission, Municipal
- Ch 98 Tenants Advocacy
- Ch 100 Urban Enterprise Zone
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 108 Air Pollution
- Ch 111 Alarm Systems
- Ch 114 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 117 Amusements
- Ch 121 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 124 Automobile Service Stations
- Ch 125 Background Checks
- Ch 126 Bamboo
- Ch 127 Barbershops, Beauty Salons and Nail Salons
- Ch 130 Bicycles, Electric Bicycles and Scooters
- Ch 135 Building Construction Standards
- Ch 139 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 142 Burglary Prevention
- Ch 145 Canopies and Awnings
- Ch 148 Certificates of Occupancy
- Ch 151 Checks, Returned
- Ch 154 Christmas Tree Sales
- Ch 158 Condominium Conversions
- Ch 161 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 162 Construction Cranes
- Ch 164 Contractors, Registration of
- Ch 167 Curfew
- Ch 170 Defacement of Property
- Ch 174 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 178 Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 181 Dumpsters/Construction Containers
- Ch 186 Fees
- Ch 189 Filming
- Ch 192 Firearms and Fireworks
- Ch 195 Fire Limits
- Ch 198 Fire Prevention
- Ch 200 First Responder Radio Communications
- Ch 201 Flea Markets
- Ch 204 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 207 Food Handling
- Ch 210 Fuel Devices and Suppliers
- Ch 215 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 218 Heating
- Ch 221 Housing, Affordable
- Ch 222 Identification Card Program
- Ch 223 Insurance
- Ch 227 Junk Dealers
- Ch 231 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 234 Laundries and Dry-Cleaning Establishments
- Ch 237 Limousines and Livery Vehicles
- Ch 242 Littering
- Ch 245 (Reserved)
- Ch 248 Massage Parlors
- Ch 251 Mechanical Standards
- Ch 254 Mobile or Street Food Vendors
- Ch 257 Mopeds
- Ch 260 Multiple Dwellings
- Ch 263 Newsracks
- Ch 266 Noise
- Ch 269 Nuisances
- Ch 273 Obscenity
- Ch 277 Parking
- Ch 280 Parking Lots, Municipal
- Ch 284 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 287 Plastic Coverings and Bags
- Ch 290 Plumbing Standards
- Ch 293 Police Protection
- Ch 296 Precious Metals
- Ch 299 Property Maintenance
- Ch 302 Public Property, Damage to
- Ch 304 Real Property
- Ch 306 Recycling
- Ch 309 Refrigerators, Abandoned
- Ch 310 Relocation Assistance
- Ch 312 Rent Control
- Ch 316 Rooming, Lodging and Boarding Houses
- Ch 319 Sales, Special
- Ch 322 Sanitation
- Ch 325 Screens, Protective
- Ch 327 Security Cameras
- Ch 328 Sewage Disposal, Individual
- Ch 329 Sewerage Authority, North Hudson
- Ch 331 Sewers
- Ch 335 Shows and Exhibitions
- Ch 338 Signs
- Ch 341 Skates, Skateboards, Roller Blades, In-Line Skates and Scooters
- Ch 344 Smoke Detectors
- Ch 345 Smoking
- Ch 348 Solid Waste Disposal
- Ch 352 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 355 Strikebreakers
- Ch 358 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 361 Swimming Pools
- Ch 364 Taxation
- Ch 367 Taxicabs
- Ch 370 Telephones
- Ch 374 Tort Claims
- Ch 377 Towing
- Ch 379 Tree Removal
- Ch 380 Utility Poles and Underground Facilities
- Ch 380A Vacation Rentals, Short-Term
- Ch 381 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 382 Vehicle Boot Pilot Program
- Ch 384 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 387 Vehicles, Motor-Driven
- Ch 391 Vehicles, Storage of
- Ch 394 Vending Machines, Food
- Ch 398 Vibration
- Ch 401 Water
- Ch 403 Waterfronts
- Ch 406 Weapons
- Ch 409 Weeds
- Ch 414 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Town of West New York as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 11-17-2008 by Ord. No. 19/08]
Whereas, it is anticipated that the New Jersey
State Department of Health will issue licensure for the Town of West
New York Emergency Medical Services Program (the "program") to be
administered by the Town of West New York Emergency Medical Services
Division (the "Division"); and
Whereas, most residents have a health insurance
plan or Medicare/Medicaid which provides payments to relieve their
payment obligations; and
Whereas, the program will provide experience
and statistics regarding the service and the patients served; and
Whereas, it is in the best interest of the taxpayer
of the municipality to establish a third-party payment plan (the "plan")
in accordance with the Center of Medicare and Medical Service guidelines
("CMS") so that taxpayers will not be responsible for any out-of-pocket
expenses:
The Code of the municipality is hereby amended
by adding an article entitled "Third-Party Payment Plan for Emergency
Medical Services."
A.
The Town or the Division will proceed to procure from
the New Jersey State Department of Health licensure for the Town of
West New York Emergency Medical Services Program (the "program") to
be administered by the Town of West New York Emergency Medical Services
Division (the "Division"); and
B.
The Division will apply for a provider number from
the federal and state Medicare/Medicaid programs enabling the municipality
to include the third-party payment plan (the "payment plan"); and
C.
The Town shall not balance-bill the deductibles and
copays for the Town of West New York residents, including those covered
by Medicare/Medicaid, nor bill those Town of West New York residents
without insurance coverage for payment obligations; and
D.
The Director of the Division of Emergency Medical
Services (the "Director") and the Chief Financial Officer of the municipality
(the "CFO"), in consultation with the municipality's program consultant,
will be responsible for the plan's billing.
The Director and the CFO shall annually review
the plan's cost accounting records. The CFO shall obtain an industry
average.
A.
The Town's designated third-party billing contractor
or ambulance billing administrator ("EMS Consultant") shall be authorized
to enter into contracts with various hospitals that provide (ALS)
services to the patients that are transported by Town of West New
York emergency medical services allowing the hospital to bundle-bill
Medicare for services rendered. Any contract entered into by a third-party
billing contractor and any hospitals that provide (ALS) services to
the patients that are transported by Town of West New York emergency
medical services shall not conflict with any term of a contract, including
the term of such contract, between the EMS Consultant and the Town.
The hospital will reimburse the municipality for its transportation
costs within 30 days of receiving payment.
B.
The Town may contract with volunteer first-aid squads
to provide third-party billing as established in this article should
that be necessary.
The CFO shall annually, no later than March 1, adjust the fee for services as set forth in § 31-3 herein pursuant to the recommendation of the Director of the Division and the EMS Program Consultant(s).
A certified copy of this article shall be filed
with the applicable federal and/or state agencies.
[Added 4-18-2012 by Ord.
No. 9/12]
All ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
[Added 4-18-2012 by Ord.
No. 9/12]
This article shall take effect immediately upon passage and
publication as provided by law.
