2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 35 - HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 78 - Grants to Fire Companies and Emergency Medical Services Companies
Section 7842 - Award of grants

(a) Application not required.--No application shall be required to receive a grant under this subchapter.

(b) Notification.--The Office of the State Fire Commissioner shall notify in writing each EMS company, as defined under section 7802 (relating to definitions), of the availability of grants from the Emergency Medical Services COVID-19 Recovery Grant Program for the purposes under section 7823(a) (relating to award of grants).

(c) Certification.--The Office of the State Fire Commissioner shall include with the written notification under subsection (b) a form for each eligible EMS company to certify that a grant received under this subchapter shall be used for the purposes under section 7823(a) and provide a deadline by which an EMS company must return the certification form.

(d) Amount.--Grants shall be awarded under this subchapter in an amount equal to the total amount of funds appropriated under section 7843 (relating to funding and costs) less the amount used under section 7843(b) divided by the total number of EMS companies that returned the certification under subsection (c).

(e) Report.--No later than July 30, 2022, each EMS company receiving a grant award under this subchapter shall report to the Office of the State Fire Commissioner how it will use the grant money awarded under subsection (d).

2022 Amendment. Act 10 renumbered former section 7842 to 7894 and added present section 7842.