§ 11-6-12 — Reimbursement for lift-assist services

(a) As used in this Section, "lift-assist service" means a response to an assisted living facility or nursing home facility by personnel of a fire department, an emergency response unit, or a unit of another public safety department providing automatic or mutual aid to a municipality, in order to lift a patient or other individual from the individual's current position to a desired position. "Lift-assist service" does not include lifting a patient or other individual during a response to a request for transportation to a health care facility such as a hospital or emergency room. (b) Municipalities may fix, charge, and collect reasonable fees from an assisted living facility or nursing home facility for every lift-assist service after the 6th lift assist service provided to that assisted living facility or nursing home facility that year rendered by a municipal fire department, firefighter, emergency response unit, or public safety employee of a municipal department in connection with providing lift-assist services to a patient or other individual. The fees may not exceed the actual personnel and equipment costs for all services rendered by the municipality in connection with providing lift-assist services to a patient or other individual.

Legislative History

(Source: P.A. 104-57, eff. 1-1-26 .)