H.B. 118 Enrolled

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AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR
2 RESTRICTED ACCOUNT
3 2013 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Chief Sponsor: Rich Cunningham
6 Senate Sponsor: Curtis S. Bramble
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8 LONG TITLE
9 General Description:
10 This bill creates the Automatic External Defibrillator Restricted Account.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 . creates the Automatic External Defibrillator Restricted Account;
14 . provides for the use of account funds;
15 . grants rulemaking authority to the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services for the
16 use of account funds; and
17 . establishes restrictions on how account funds may be used.
18 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
19 This bill appropriates in fiscal year 2014:
20 . to the General Fund Restricted - Automatic External Defibrillator Restricted
21 Account, as a one-time appropriation:
22 . from the General Fund, $150,000.
23 . to the Department of Health - Family Health and Preparedness - Bureau of
24 Emergency Medical Services, as a one-time appropriation:
25 . from the General Fund Restricted - Automatic External Defibrillator Restricted
26 Account, $150,000.
27 Other Special Clauses:
28 None
29 Utah Code Sections Affected:

30 AMENDS:
31 26-8b-102, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 22
32 ENACTS:
33 26-8b-601, Utah Code Annotated 1953
34 26-8b-602, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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36 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
37 Section 1. Section 26-8b-102 is amended to read:
38 26-8b-102. Definitions.
39 As used in this chapter:
40 (1) "Account" means the Automatic External Defibrillator Restricted Account, created
41 in Section 26-8b-602 .
42 [(1)] (2) "Automatic external defibrillator" or "AED" means an automated or automatic
43 computerized medical device that:
44 (a) has received pre-market notification approval from the United States Food and
45 Drug Administration, pursuant to Section 360(k), Title 21 of the United States Code;
46 (b) is capable of recognizing the presence or absence of ventricular fibrillation or rapid
47 ventricular tachycardia;
48 (c) is capable of determining, without intervention by an operator, whether
49 defibrillation should be performed; and
50 (d) upon determining that defibrillation should be performed, automatically charges,
51 enabling delivery of, or automatically delivers, an electrical impulse through the chest wall and
52 to a person's heart.
53 [(2)] (3) "Bureau" means the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services, within the
54 department.
55 [(3)] (4) "Cardiopulmonary resuscitation" or "CPR" means artificial ventilation or
56 external chest compression applied to a person who is [in respiratory or cardiac arrest]
57 unresponsive and not breathing.

58 [(4)] (5) "Emergency medical dispatch center" means a public safety answering point,
59 as defined in Section 63C-7-103 , that is designated as an emergency medical dispatch center by
60 the bureau.
61 [(5)] (6) "Sudden cardiac arrest" means a life-threatening condition that results when a
62 person's heart stops or fails to produce a pulse.
63 Section 2. Section 26-8b-601 is enacted to read:
64 Part 6. Automatic External Defibrillator Restricted Account
65 26-8b-601. Title.
66 This part is known as the "Automatic External Defibrillator Restricted Account."
67 Section 3. Section 26-8b-602 is enacted to read:
68 26-8b-602. Automatic External Defibrillator Restricted Account.
69 (1) (a) There is created a restricted account within the General Fund known as the
70 Automatic External Defibrillator Restricted Account to provide AEDs to entities under
71 Subsection (4).
72 (b) The director of the bureau shall administer the account in accordance with rules
73 made by the bureau in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking
74 Act.
75 (2) The restricted account shall consist of money appropriated to the account by the
76 Legislature.
77 (3) The director of the bureau shall distribute funds deposited in the account to eligible
78 entities, under Subsection (4), for the purpose of purchasing:
79 (a) an AED;
80 (b) an AED carrying case;
81 (c) a wall-mounted AED cabinet; or
82 (d) an AED sign.
83 (4) Upon appropriation, the director of the bureau shall distribute funds deposited in
84 the account, for the purpose of purchasing items under Subsection (3), to:
85 (a) a municipal department of safety that routinely responds to incidents, or potential

86 incidents, of sudden cardiac arrest;
87 (b) a municipal or county law enforcement agency that routinely responds to incidents,
88 or potential incidents, of sudden cardiac arrest;
89 (c) a state law enforcement agency that routinely responds to incidents, or potential
90 incidents, of sudden cardiac arrest;
91 (d) a school that offers instruction to grades 7 through 12; or
92 (e) a state institution of higher education.
93 (5) The director of the bureau shall distribute funds under this section to a municipality
94 only if the municipality provides a match in funding for the total cost of items under
95 Subsection (3):
96 (a) of 50% for the municipality, if the municipality is a city of first, second, or third
97 class under Section 10-2-301 ; or
98 (b) of 75% for the municipality, other than a municipality described in Subsection
99 (5)(a).
100 (6) The director of the bureau shall distribute funds under this section to a county only
101 if the county provides a match in funding for the total cost of items under Subsection (3):
102 (a) of 50% for the county, if the county is a county of first, second, or third class under
103 Section 17-50-501 ; or
104 (b) of 75% for the county, other than a county described in Subsection (6)(a).
105 (7) In accordance with rules made by the bureau, an entity described in Subsection (4)
106 may apply to the director of the bureau to receive a distribution of funds from the account by
107 filing an application with the bureau on or before October 1 of each year.
108 Section 4. Appropriation.
109 Under the terms and conditions of Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures Act, for
110 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014, the following sums of money
111 are appropriated from resources not otherwise appropriated, or reduced from amounts
112 previously appropriated, out of the funds or accounts indicated. These sums of money are in
113 addition to any amounts previously appropriated for fiscal year 2014.

114 To General Fund Restricted - Automatic External Defibrillator Restricted Account
115 From General Fund, One-time

$150,000

116 Schedule of Programs:
117 General Fund Restricted - Automatic External
118 Defibrillator Restricted Account $150,000
119 To Department of Health - Family Health and Preparedness -
120 Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
121 From General Fund Restricted - Automatic
122 External Defibrillator Restricted Account, One-time

$150,000

123 Schedule of Programs:
124 Bureau of Emergency Medical Services $150,000
125 The Legislature intends that the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services use
126 appropriations under this section to provide automatic external defibrillators to eligible entities
127 under Section 26-8a-601 .

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