[pct-l] Can you be billed for search and rescue in California

[Tom Grundy]

That CORSAR card looks interesting, hadn't heard of it before:

http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/DOLA-Main/CBON/1251592090523

So it's just a voluntary donation, not insurance.  And it doesn't sound
like they only rescue card-carrying members so that's good!

Anyway, time and labor and other costs incurred by the volunteer SAR team
are always free as far as I know.

Transport by third parties (helo, ambulance) can be billed or not, it's up
to that third party.  There are helicopter transport
'membership'/'insurance' options you can join/buy for <$100/yr depending on
your location, but, they only cover transport by certain agencies.  If that
agency's helicopter is unavailable, they may send one that will still bill
you the $20k or so for a ride to the hospital.  And, you don't get to
request one agency or another if you do need a ride.

On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 10:23 PM, Gail Van Velzer <vanvelzer at charter.net>
wrote:

> Can anyone shed more light on this?
> Golly
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>> Apparently a bill passed last year in CA and was vetoed by the governor.
>> Some states have a corsar card (Colorado) that costs a few bucks or if you
>> have a fishing or hunting license, you cannot be billed for a rescue.
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>> Karl Ford
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