AGREEMENT FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL GROUND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES BETWEEN CITY OF AUSTIN AND THE TRAVIS COUNTY HEALTHCARE DISTRICT D/B/A CENTRAL HEALTHEmergency Medical Ground Transportation Services Agreement • May 10th, 2023 • Texas
This Agreement ("Agreement") is entered into between the City of Austin ("City"), a Texas home rule municipality, and the Travis County Healthcare District d/b/a Central Health, a hospital district created under Chapter 281 of the Texas Health and Safety Code ("Central Health"), (each a "Party," and collectively the "Parties"), effective as of October 1, 2022. The City's Emergency Medical Services Department ("EMS"), a department of the City of Austin, Texas, is licensed by the State of Texas to provide ground emergency medical services. These services are provided within the City's corporate limits and, through an interlocal agreement with Travis County, in the portions of Travis County that are outside the City's corporate limits. Central Health oversees the Medical Access Program (“MAP”) which pays for certain health care services provided to eligible beneficiaries who live in Travis County.
