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Henry County authorizes volunteer fire departments to bill insurers for incident responses under compassion policy
Summary
The Board of Supervisors authorized volunteer fire department billing for structural-fire responses under Henry County Code section 15-604(f); departments will invoice insurers, adopt a compassionate-billing policy and use a third-party vendor to process claims with proceeds retained by the responding departments.
The Board of Supervisors authorized volunteer fire departments to bill for certain structural-fire services and to use a third-party vendor to process billing at its May 27 meeting.
Public Safety Director Matt Tatum told the board the authority for charging for services is found in Henry County Code section 15-604(f) and that volunteer departments agreed to a compassionate-billing approach: invoice insurers but not pursue direct payments…
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