S.B. 192 Enrolled

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AMENDMENTS TO AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL
2 DEFIBRILLATOR RESTRICTED ACCOUNT
3 2014 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Chief Sponsor: Scott K. Jenkins
6 House Sponsor: Stewart Barlow
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8 LONG TITLE
9 General Description:
10 This bill allows the director of the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services to distribute
11 Automatic External Defibrillator Restricted Account funds to a school that offers
12 instruction to grades kindergarten through 6.
13 Highlighted Provisions:
14 This bill:
15 . allows the director of the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services to distribute
16 Automatic External Defibrillator Restricted Account funds to a school that offers
17 instruction to grades kindergarten through 6; and
18 . makes technical and conforming amendments.
19 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
20 None
21 Other Special Clauses:
22 None
23 Utah Code Sections Affected:
24 AMENDS:
25 26-8b-602 , as enacted by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 99
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27 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
28 Section 1. Section 26-8b-602 is amended to read:
29 26-8b-602. Automatic External Defibrillator Restricted Account.

30 (1) (a) There is created a restricted account within the General Fund known as the
31 Automatic External Defibrillator Restricted Account to provide AEDs to entities under
32 Subsection (4).
33 (b) The director of the bureau shall administer the account in accordance with rules
34 made by the bureau in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking
35 Act.
36 (2) The restricted account shall consist of money appropriated to the account by the
37 Legislature.
38 (3) The director of the bureau shall distribute funds deposited in the account to eligible
39 entities, under Subsection (4), for the purpose of purchasing:
40 (a) an AED;
41 (b) an AED carrying case;
42 (c) a wall-mounted AED cabinet; or
43 (d) an AED sign.
44 (4) Upon appropriation, the director of the bureau shall distribute funds deposited in
45 the account, for the purpose of purchasing items under Subsection (3), to:
46 (a) a municipal department of safety that routinely responds to incidents, or potential
47 incidents, of sudden cardiac arrest;
48 (b) a municipal or county law enforcement agency that routinely responds to incidents,
49 or potential incidents, of sudden cardiac arrest;
50 (c) a state law enforcement agency that routinely responds to incidents, or potential
51 incidents, of sudden cardiac arrest;
52 (d) a school that offers instruction to grades kindergarten through 6;
53 [(d)] (e) a school that offers instruction to grades 7 through 12; or
54 [(e)] (f) a state institution of higher education.
55 (5) The director of the bureau shall distribute funds under this section to a municipality
56 only if the municipality provides a match in funding for the total cost of items under
57 Subsection (3):

58 (a) of 50% for the municipality, if the municipality is a city of first, second, or third
59 class under Section 10-2-301 ; or
60 (b) of 75% for the municipality, other than a municipality described in Subsection
61 (5)(a).
62 (6) The director of the bureau shall distribute funds under this section to a county only
63 if the county provides a match in funding for the total cost of items under Subsection (3):
64 (a) of 50% for the county, if the county is a county of first, second, or third class under
65 Section 17-50-501 ; or
66 (b) of 75% for the county, other than a county described in Subsection (6)(a).
67 (7) In accordance with rules made by the bureau, an entity described in Subsection (4)
68 may apply to the director of the bureau to receive a distribution of funds from the account by
69 filing an application with the bureau on or before October 1 of each year.