ORDERED, That the City Comptroller is authorized and directed to issue payments, each in an amount not to exceed $1,000.00, in conformity with the schedule herein set forth, to physicians, hospitals, nurses or other individuals, in settlement for hospital, medical and nursing services rendered to the injured members ofthe Police Department and/or the Fire Department herein named, provided such members of the Police Department and/or Fire Department shall enter into an agreement in writing with the City of Chicago to the effect that, should it appear that any of said members ofthe Police Department and/or Fire Department have received any sum of money from the party whose negligence caused such injury, or have instituted proceedings against such party for the recovery of damage on account of such injury or medical expenses, then in that event the City shall be reimbursed by such member of the Police Department and/or the Fire Department out of any sum that such member of the Police Department and/or Fire Department has received or may-hereafter receive from such third party on account of such injury or medical expenses, not to exceed the expense in accordance with Opinion No. 1422 ofthe Corporation Counsel of said City, dated March 19, 1926. The payment of any of these bills shall not be construed as approval of any previous claims pending or future claims for expenses or benefits on account of any alleged injury to the individuals named. The total amount of such claims, as allowed, is set opposite the names of the injured members of the Police Department and/or the Fire Department and the payments are to be drawn in favor of the proper claimants and charged to the following Account Numbers: 100-57-2005-0937; 610-57-4415-0937; 740-57-4415-0937; 100-59-2005-0937; 610-59-4415-0937; and 740-59-4415-0937.
Chicago. November 18 , 2015
To the President of the City Council:
Your Committee on Finance. Which has given consideration, for Hospitals, Medical and Nursing Ser...
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