Resolution 2025-14 RESOLUTION NO. 2025-14(R)
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS,
RATIFYING THE CITY OF WYLIE CHARITY CARE POLICY FOR
AMBULANCE SERVICES FOR THE FIRE-RESCUE DEPARTMENT TO
DISCONTINUE COLLECTION OF AMBULANCE SERVICE FEES FOR
ELIGIBLE PATIENTS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the City of Wylie to provide ambulance services to our community
without regard to a patient's and/or guarantor's ability to pay for these services; and
WHEREAS, there are individuals who are not on Medicare/Medicaid or commercial insurance,
and who reasonably cannot pay because they are indigent or below poverty thresholds; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends that the City of Wylie's Charity Care Policy for Ambulance
Services be ratified with the effective date of July 22, 2025; and
WHEREAS, upon full review and consideration of the City of Wylie Charity Care Policy for
Ambulance Services, the City Council is of the opinion that the policy should be ratified.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WYLIE, COLLIN COUNTY,TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. The City of Wylie Charity Care for Ambulance Services Policy, effective July 22,
2025, is hereby ratified in its entirety.
SECTION 2. It is not the intent of this policy to provide charity care to patients who have the
ability to pay or patients who have private insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, or other third-party coverage.
SECTION 3. For those patients who have the ability to pay and do not meet the eligibility
guidelines for charity care, the City of Wylie expects to receive payment in accordance with its normal
billing policy.
SECTION 4. The City of Wylie will grant a full charity care reduction (100% write-off of
ambulance service charges to charity care) to patients without the ability to pay, earning less than or equal
to 400% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL), as published annually by the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services.
SECTION 5.The City of Wylie and/or its contractor(s) shall rely on financial data provided by the
patient and may also utilize data from credit bureaus and other sources to determine if the patient is eligible
for charity care.
SECTION 6. Once it is determined that the patient is eligible for charity care,the City of Wylie or
its contractor(s) shall make no further attempts to collect payment from the patient.
SECTION 7.This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage.
DULY PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas, on the 22nd
day of July 2025.
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M thew Porter, Mayor
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Stephanie Storm, City Secretary
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