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COMMISSIONER LOY DISCUSSED THE BUDGET OF THE WELFARE DEPART- <br />MENT AND THE NEED TO ALLOW FOR TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES DURING THE YEAR. <br />SHE NOTED THAT WE DO HAVE EMERGENCIES OCCASIONALLY AND NEED SOME KIND <br />OF EMERGENCY PROCEDURE TO ASSIST OUR WELFARE DIRECTOR IN DECIDING WHETHER <br />TO EMPLOY THE C & J AMBULANCE SERVICE FROM STUART OR SOMEONE ELSE TO <br />CARRY OUT OUR NEED. COMMISSIONER LOY INFORMED THE BOARD THAT WE HAVE <br />RECEIVED A BILL FOR $60 FROM C & J AMBULANCE SERVICE FOR TRANSPORTING <br />CARRIE LEE BROWN FROM LAWNWOOD MEDICAL CENTER, FORT PIERCE, TO INDIAN <br />RIVER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT WE HAVE A LETTER <br />FROM COUNTY WELFARE DIRECTOR LINDSEY STATING THAT THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />WELFARE DEPARTMENT DID NOT AUTHORIZE THE TRANSPORTING OF THIS PATIENT, <br />AND SHE DID NOT FEEL, THEREFORE, THAT WE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAY- <br />MENT OF THIS BILL. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS AGREED THAT WE SHOULD NOTIFY C & J AMBULANCE <br />SERVICE THAT THE COUNTY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS BILL SINCE WE DID <br />NOT AUTHORIZE IT. THE BOARD AGREED. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY THEN DISCUSSED A SECOND BILL FROM C & .J <br />AMBULANCE SERVICE, WHICH WAS INCURRED WHEN THE WELFARE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED <br />A REQUEST FROM A LOCAL PHYSICIAN REGARDING AN EMERGENCY CASE WHO NEEDED <br />TO BE TRANSPORTED IMMEDIATELA TO SHANDS HOSPITAL IN GAINESVILLE. THIS <br />PHYSICIAN STATED THAT AMBULANCE WAS THE ONLY WAY THE PATIENT COULD BE <br />TRANSPORTED. THE WELFARE DEPARTMENT ACCORDINGLY AUTHORIZED THE TRIP, <br />AND THE BILL FOR TRANSPORTING THE LADY TO SHANDS HOSPITAL IN GAINESVILLE <br />IS $50$.00. COMMISSIONER LOY CONTINUED THAT THE WELFARE DIRECTOR THOUGHT, <br />AT THE TIME, THAT THIS WAS THE ONLY AVENUE OPEN TO HER, BUT SINCE THEN, <br />WE HAVE CHECKED WITH ODOM AVIATION AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE AND HAVE FOUND <br />THAT THIS SAME TRIP WOULD HAVE COST $330, INCLUDING A NURSE IN ATTENDANCE. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY FELT WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO PAY THE BILL OF -C & .J <br />AMBULANCE SERVICE, BUT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO <br />HANDLE SUCH A SITUATION IN THE FUTURE. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT AGREED THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS <br />BILL, BUT FELT THE WELFARE DIRECTOR, IN THE FUTURE, SHOULD HAVE ON HAND <br />COMPLETE INFORMATION AS TO RATES FOR THE VARIOUS TYPES OF TRANSPORTATION <br />AVAILABLE. <br />63 <br />BOOK 39 PAGE 218 <br />