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311A.155 Emergency medical services grant program -- Trust and agency account
-- Withholding funds for emergency purposes -- Grants to fiscal courts -Administrative regulations -- Emergency funding.
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There shall be an emergency medical services grant program to provide funding to
each county for the direct operation of emergency medical services, including but
not limited to purchase or lease of ambulances or equipment. Funds available shall
not be used to fund personnel or consultant salaries.
Funds appropriated to or received by the emergency medical services grant program
shall be placed in a trust and agency account in the State Treasury and shall not
lapse.
The board shall administer the emergency medical services grant program and may
promulgate administrative regulations, which shall include but not be limited to
funding criteria necessary for its implementation and operation.
Twenty percent (20%) of the funds received each fiscal year for the grant program
may be withheld from general distribution and shall be distributed for emergency
purposes only.
Grants may be made each fiscal year to each county fiscal court determined to be
eligible by the board for distribution to public ambulance services operated by or for
the county. A county may keep funds appropriated to them for a period of two (2)
years, if desired, for expenditure for authorized purposes. At the end of two (2)
years from the date of the receipt of the grant, the county shall return any funds
remaining unexpended to the emergency medical services grant fund. Each
expenditure made by the fiscal court from grant funds provided to the county shall
be documented, with appropriate receipts or other documents, and a copy of each
receipt or other document shall be provided to the board to verify that the
expenditure was proper. The board shall require reimbursement to the emergency
medical services fund by the county, with interest at a rate of twenty percent (20%)
annually, for any funds expended for an unauthorized purpose. If the county fails or
refuses to reimburse the fund, the board shall notify the Attorney General, who shall
seek appropriate civil and criminal remedies.
The board shall, annually, by January 1, promulgate administrative regulations
specifying items of equipment and other authorized expenditures for the upcoming
fiscal year. No funds shall be provided to the county until after the start of the fiscal
year.
The board may, in the event of a documented situation which the board considers to
be an emergency and beyond the ability of the county to pay, provide emergency
funding to the fiscal court for an ambulance or authorized equipment which has
been damaged or destroyed. Normal replacement of an ambulance or equipment
shall not be considered an emergency. The amount of funding that may be provided
by the board shall not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000). Only one (1)
emergency funding request shall be granted for any county in each fiscal year. The
amount of the emergency grant to the county shall be deducted from the county's
grant for the next fiscal year.
Effective: July 15, 2002
History: Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 28, effective July 15, 2002.
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