Hemet Mulls New Charges for Nursing Home Facilities
Hemet is considering charging skilled-nursing facilities $120 for each 15 minutes emergency responders are at a facility, which already has trained medical staff. The proposal is expected to raise $100,000 annually, but some say health care facilities are being singled out.
- "Hemet Proposes Charging Nursing Facilities for Emergency Medical Services" (Atienza, Riverside Press-Enterprise, 5/6).