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An ordinance amending Section 3.24.020 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws relative to Council approval of injury-on-duty clinic medical services contracts.
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WHEREAS, Ordinance No. BL2013-526, adopted by the Metropolitan Council on November 5, 2013, established the injury-on-duty clinics and included a provision that the medical services contracts for such clinics would require approval by the Metropolitan Council; and
WHEREAS, the procurement code of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County provides for a centralized procurement authority governing, among other things, purchases for contractual services procured by Metro's departments, board, commissions, officers, and agencies; and
WHEREAS, the procurement process for medical services provided at Metro's injury-on-duty clinic is competitively procured pursuant the requirements in Title 4 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws; and
WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper that subsection 3.24.020.D be amended to require Council approval of the injury-on-duty medical services contracts only if such contracts are not competitively procured in accordance with the procurement code.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That subsection 3.24.020.D is hereby amended by deleting the subsection in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
Coverages for members shall be both occupational and nonoccupational, but coverages for dependents shall be nonoccupational only. Any employee who is injured by accident arising out of and in the course of employment shall be entitled to emergency medical treatment at the nearest available medical facility, if necessary. Non-emergency treatment shall be furnished to the employee at an injury-on-duty medical clinic established by the metropolitan government or from a panel of preapproved medical providers established by the board, known as the "in-line-of-dut...
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