21-R-17 - EMS Charity Care AdjustmentsRESOLUTION NO. 21 -R -17
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SCHERTZ, TEXAS AUTHORIZING EMS CHARITY CARE
ADJUSTMENTS AND OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION
THEREWITH.
WHEREAS, the City of Schertz EMS provides ambulance services to the City of Schertz
and other surrounding communities and emergency services districts; and
WHEREAS, The City of Schertz EMS has been participating in the Texas Ambulance
Services Supplemental Payment Program (TASSPP) since 2015; and
WHEREAS, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requires a charity care
policy to continue participating in TASSPP; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interest of the City to
have a charity care policy; and
WHEREAS, the City staff has recommended that the City maintain charity care
adjustments for accounts meeting the Schertz EMS Charity Care Policy.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS
THAT:
Section 1. The City Council hereby authorizes the charity care write off for 670
accounts in the amount of $926,665.48.
Section 2. The recitals contained in the preamble hereof are hereby found to be true,
and such recitals are hereby made a part of this Resolution for all purposes and are adopted as a
part of the judgment and findings of the City Council.
Section 3. All resolutions, or parts thereof, which are in conflict or inconsistent with
any provision of this Resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, and the
provisions of this Resolution shall be and remain controlling as to the matters resolved herein.
Section 4. This Resolution shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws
of the State of Texas and the United States of America.
Section 5. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any person
or circumstance shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of this Resolution and the application
of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall nevertheless be valid, and the City
Council hereby declares that this Resolution would have been enacted without such invalid
provision.
Section 6. It is officially found, determined, and declared that the meeting at which
this Resolution is adopted was open to the public and public notice of the time, place, and subject
matter of the public business to be considered at such meeting, including this Resolution, was
given, all as required by Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended.
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Section 7. This Resolution shall be in force and effect from and after its final passage,
and it is so resolved.
PASSED AND ADOPTED, this 23rd day of March 2021.
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Brenda Dennis, City Secretary
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CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS
1 % Gutierrez, Mayor
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