26-8a-207. Emergency medical services grant program.
(1) (a) The department shall receive as dedicated credits the amount established in
Section 51-9-403. That amount shall be transferred to the department by the Division of Finance
from funds generated by the surcharge imposed under Title 51, Chapter 9, Part 4, Criminal
Conviction Surcharge Allocation.
(b) Funds transferred to the department under this section shall be used for improvement
of statewide delivery of emergency medical services and administrative costs as described in
Subsection (2)(a). Appropriations to the department for the purposes enumerated in this section
shall be made from those dedicated credits.
(c) All funding for the program created by this section shall be nonlapsing.
(2) (a) The department may use the funds transferred to it under Subsection (1):
(i) to provide staff support; and
(ii) for other expenses incurred in:
(A) administration of grant funds; and
(B) other department administrative costs under this chapter.
(b) After funding staff support, administrative expenses, and trauma system
development, the department and the committee shall make emergency medical services grants
from the remaining funds received as dedicated credits under Subsection (1). A recipient of a
grant under this Subsection (2)(b) must actively provide emergency medical services within the
state.
(i) The department shall distribute 42-1/2% as per capita block grants for use specifically
related to the provision of emergency medical services to nonprofit prehospital emergency
medical services providers that are either licensed or designated and to emergency medical
services that are the primary emergency medical services for a service area. The department shall
determine the grant amounts by prorating available funds on a per capita basis by county as
described in department rule.
(ii) The committee shall award 42-1/2% of the remaining funds as competitive grants for
use specifically related to the provision of emergency medical services based upon rules
established by the committee.
(iii) The committee shall use 15% of the remaining funds to fund high school emergency
medical training programs.
Amended by Chapter 382, 2008 General Session
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