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San Jose council endorses studying first‑responder EMS fee; chief says ability to treat won’t change
Summary
After months of developing a proposed first‑responder fee, the council accepted staff’s plan to pursue a fee and compassionate‑billing program and directed future review of ordinance and budget treatment; staff estimated up to $4 million annually under assumptions.
The City Council voted March 25 to move forward with development of a San Jose Fire Department first‑responder fee program and related compassionate billing policy, directing staff to return with an implementing ordinance and budget language later this year.
Fire Chief Robert Sapien and his team told council their preliminary model estimates an initial per‑incident cost basis that could translate to about $4 million a year in gross…
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