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H.B. 118

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AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR ACCOUNT

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2013 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Rich Cunningham

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Senate Sponsor: ____________

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill creates the Automatic External Defibrillator Account.
             10      Highlighted Provisions:
             11          This bill:
             12          .    creates the Automatic External Defibrillator Account;
             13          .    provides for the use of account funds;
             14          .    grants rulemaking authority to the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services for the
             15      use of account funds; and
             16          .    establishes restrictions on how account funds may be used.
             17      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             18          This bill appropriates in fiscal year 2014:
             19          .    to the General Fund Restricted - Automatic External Defibrillator Account, as a
             20      one-time appropriation:
             21              .    from the General Fund Restricted - Tobacco Settlement Restricted Account,
             22      $500,000
             23          .    to the General Fund Restricted - Automatic External Defibrillator Account, as an
             24      ongoing appropriation:
             25              .    from General Fund Restricted - Cigarette Tax Restricted Account, $500,000.
             26      Other Special Clauses:
             27          None


             28      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             29      AMENDS:
             30          26-8b-102, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 22
             31      ENACTS:
             32          26-8b-601, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             33          26-8b-602, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             34     
             35      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             36          Section 1. Section 26-8b-102 is amended to read:
             37           26-8b-102. Definitions.
             38          As used in this chapter:
             39          (1) "Account" means the Automatic External Defibrillator Account, created in Section
             40      26-8b-602 .
             41          [(1)] (2) "Automatic external defibrillator" or "AED" means an automated or automatic
             42      computerized medical device that:
             43          (a) has received pre-market notification approval from the United States Food and
             44      Drug Administration, pursuant to Section 360(k), Title 21 of the United States Code;
             45          (b) is capable of recognizing the presence or absence of ventricular fibrillation or rapid
             46      ventricular tachycardia;
             47          (c) is capable of determining, without intervention by an operator, whether
             48      defibrillation should be performed; and
             49          (d) upon determining that defibrillation should be performed, automatically charges,
             50      enabling delivery of an electrical impulse through the chest wall and to a person's heart.
             51          [(2)] (3) "Bureau" means the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services, within the
             52      department.
             53          [(3)] (4) "Cardiopulmonary resuscitation" or "CPR" means artificial ventilation or
             54      external chest compression applied to a person who is in respiratory or cardiac arrest.
             55          [(4)] (5) "Emergency medical dispatch center" means a public safety answering point,
             56      as defined in Section 63C-7-103 , that is designated as an emergency medical dispatch center by
             57      the bureau.
             58          [(5)] (6) "Sudden cardiac arrest" means a life-threatening condition that results when a


             59      person's heart stops or fails to produce a pulse.
             60          Section 2. Section 26-8b-601 is enacted to read:
             61     
Part 6. Automatic External Defibrillator Account

             62          26-8b-601. Title.
             63          This part is known as the "Automatic External Defibrillator Account."
             64          Section 3. Section 26-8b-602 is enacted to read:
             65          26-8b-602. Automatic External Defibrillator Account.
             66          (1) (a) There is created a restricted account within the General Fund known as the
             67      Automatic External Defibrillator Account to provide AEDs to law enforcement and schools.
             68          (b) The director of the bureau shall administer the account in accordance with rules
             69      made by the bureau in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking
             70      Act.
             71          (2) The restricted account shall consist of money appropriated to the account by the
             72      Legislature.
             73          (3) The director of the bureau shall distribute funds deposited in the account to eligible
             74      entities, under Subsection (4), for the purpose of purchasing:
             75          (a) an AED;
             76          (b) an AED carrying case;
             77          (c) a wall-mounted AED cabinet; or
             78          (d) an AED sign.
             79          (4) The director of the bureau shall distribute funds deposited in the account, for the
             80      purpose of purchasing items under Subsection (3), to:
             81          (a) a municipal law enforcement agency that routinely responds to incidents, or
             82      potential incidents, of sudden cardiac arrest; or
             83          (b) a school that:
             84          (i) offers instruction to grades 10 through 12; and
             85          (ii) has a student and faculty population of more than 200 people.
             86          (5) In accordance with rules made by the bureau, an agency or school described in
             87      Subsection (4) may apply to the director of the bureau to receive a distribution of funds from
             88      the account by filing an application with the bureau on or before October 1 of each year.
             89          Section 4. Appropriation.


             90          Under the terms and conditions of Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures Act, for
             91      the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014, the following sums of money
             92      are appropriated from resources not otherwise appropriated, or reduced from amounts
             93      previously appropriated, out of the funds or accounts indicated. These sums of money are in
             94      addition to any amounts previously appropriated for fiscal year 2014.
             95          To General Fund Restricted - Automatic External Defibrillator Account
             96              From General Fund Restricted -
             97                  Tobacco Settlement Restricted Account, One-Time     
$500,000

             98              Schedule of Programs
             99                  General Fund Restricted -
             100                   Automatic External Defibrillator Account        $500,000
             101          Under the terms and conditions of Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures Act, for
             102      the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following sums of money
             103      are appropriated from resources not otherwise appropriated, or reduced from amounts
             104      previously appropriated, out of the funds or accounts indicated. These sums of money are in
             105      addition to any amounts previously appropriated for fiscal year 2015.
             106          To General Fund Restricted - Automatic External Defibrillator Account
             107              From General Fund Restricted -
             108                  Cigarette Tax Restricted Account
$500,000

             109              Schedule of Programs
             110                  General Fund Restricted -
             111                   Automatic External Defibrillator Account        $500,000
             112          The Legislature intends that:
             113          (1) the Bureau of Emergency Services use appropriations under this section to provide
             114      automatic external defibrillators to municipal law enforcement agencies and schools under
             115      Section 26-8a-601; and
             116          (2) the appropriations under this section be ongoing in fiscal years 2014, 2015, 2016,
             117      2017, and 2018 only.





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