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Ambulance Reimbursement
Maintains and Strengthens Services at No Cost to Residents

Supporting Materials

Voters to decide fate of ambulance transport fees Nov. 2 (Excerpt from Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010 Gazette)
Area Fire Chiefs Back Ambulance Fee - Washington Post (10-22-2010) (pdf)
A Vote for Ambulance Fees is a Vote for the Poor - Washington Post (10-10-2010)
Montgomery League of Women Voters Supports Emergency Transport Fee
Ambulance Reimbursement: Yes to saving lives (English pdf | Spanish pdf)
Leggett proposes public safety cuts if ambulance reimbursement is killed: 11 Ambulances, 107 Fire & Rescue Personnel - Washington Post (10-6-10)
Memo from County Executive to County Council on Filling $14 Million Budget Hole Resulting from Possible Ambulance Reimbursement Repeal,
October 5, 2010 (PDF | 314KB)
Washington Post Urges 'YES' Vote on Ambulance Reimbursement - Washington Post (10-4-2010)
Statement by County Executive Ike Leggett on Council Approval of the Emergency Medical Transport Fee That Will Save Lives at No Cost to County Residents
County Executive Isiah Leggett's Memo to Council President Nancy Floreen, "EMS Transport Fee Referendum and FY2011 Budget Adjustments" - August 5, 2010 (PDF | 58KB)
Bill 13-10, Emergency Medical Services Transport Fee - enacted May 19, 2010; signed into law by the County Executive on May 21, 2010; became effetive August 20, 2010
Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service's Memo to Council President Nancy Floreen, "Purported 'Studies' on EMS Fee Impact" - May 19, 2010 (PDF | 933KB)
Letter from East County Citizens Advisory Board (ECCAB) to Council President Nancy Floreen (PDF | April 7, 2010)
Pr. William moves to charge ambulance fees (January 20, 2010) | Washington Examiner
Time is right for ambulance fees (December 9, 2009 | Gazette)
Ambulance Fee Issue Resurfaces (September 13, 2009 | Washinton Post)
Statement by County Executive Isiah Leggett on Council Action on the Emergency Medical Transport Fee, November 25, 2008
Response by County Government Management & Budget Director Joseph Beach to Questions from MCVFRA President Marcine Goodloe About Emergency Medical Transport Fee (PDF | 12KB)
Response by County Government Management & Budget Director Joseph Beach to Questions from Councilmember Marc Elrich About Emergency Medical Transport Fee (PDF | 17KB)
Emergency Medical Transport Fee: Recommended Process, Rates, and
Uses. Prepared for the Public Safety Committee October 23, 2008 (PDF | 304 KB)
Give Fees a Chance: Cash-strapped Montgomery County should approve an ambulance charge. (Washington Post; Wednesday, October 8, 2008; Page A18)
Letter of support from CASA de Maryland (PDF | 278KB)
Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department Press Release (July 2, 2008):
Ambulance Transport Fee Implemented (PDF | 52 KB)
EMST Fee – Regional Comparison (PDF | 12 KB)
Proposed Emergency Medical Services Transport Fee Introduced Today at Council; Proposal Would Direct $14 million Annually to County Fire & Rescue at No Cost to County Residents, June 10, 2008 (Press Release)
Bill 25-08, Emergency Medical Service Transport Fee - Imposition:
Introduced June 10, 2008 (Bill 25-08)
Brochure: Emergency Medical Services Transport Fee
- English (PDF |172 KB) | Spanish (PDF | 158 KB)
Presentation Before Council Public Safety Committee (PDF | 4.5 MB)
Public Safety Committee: County Council Packet on EMS Transport Fee
(PDF | July 24, 2008)
Public Safety Committee: County Council Packet on EMS Transport Fee
(PDF | September, 25, 2008)
More Palatable Ambulance Fee Plan (from Gazette, 8-27-2008)

Last edited: 10/29/2010