ORD-2010-012 EMS Second Reading: Amendments to the EMS Franchise Agreement

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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: February 2, 2010 Action Agenda Item No. (D -Q SUBJECT: Second Reading: Amendments to the EMS Franchise Agreement entitled "An Ordinance Regulating Emergency Medical, First Responder and Rescue Service and Granting of Franchise and Contracts to the Operators In the County of Orange" DEPARTMENTS: Emergency Services County Attorney PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): Proposed Amendments to "An Ordinance Regulating Emergency Medical, First Responder and Rescue Service and Granting of Franchise and Contracts to the Operators In the County of Orange" INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank Montes de Oca, Emergency Services, 245-6100 Annette M. Moore, Staff Attorney, 245-2317 PURPOSE: To consider on second reading approving amendments to the EMS Franchise Ordinance entitled, "An Ordinance Regulating Ambulance and Emergency Medical, First Responder and Rescue Services and Granting of Franchise and Contracts to the Operators In the County of Orange." BACKGROUND: On May 1, 1981 Orange County enacted its first EMS Franchise Ordinance, "An Ordinance Regulating the Operation of Ambulance Services and the Administration of Emergency Medical Assistance in Orange County, North Carolina" (EMS Franchise Ordinance). On April 20, 1993, Orange County_repealed the original EMS Franchise Ordinance and enacted the current ordinance entitled,."An Ordinance Regulating Ambulance and Emergency Medical, First Responder and Rescue Services and Granting of Franchise and Contracts to the Operators In the County of Orange." Since 1993, the EMS Franchise Ordinance has not been updated with any statutory or regulatory changes. In the intervening years and especially since the events of September 11, 2001 -there have been changes in both state law and regulations as well as the practices, policies, procedures, terminology, and the responsibilities placed on the County by both state and federal government governing the services provided by the EMS Franchise Ordinance. The amendments update the EMS Franchise Ordinance making it consistent with the existing authority mandated to the County by state law and regulations including, but not limited to, the following: 1. North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 131 E, Article 7 2. North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 143, Article 56 3. North Carolina General Statutes section 153A-250 I In January 2009, extensive revisions were made to l0A NCAC 13P .0101 et seq.