Senate File 2236 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY BEALL, DANIELSON, HANCOCK,
RAGAN, and STEWART
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act providing for expansion of the automated external
2 defibrillator grant program to include advanced=level external
3 defibrillators, and making an appropriation.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. Section 135.26, Code Supplement 2005, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 135.26 AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR GRANT PROGRAM.
1 4 The department shall establish and implement an automated
1 5 external defibrillator grant program which provides matching
1 6 funds to local boards of health, community organizations, or
1 7 cities for the program after standards and requirements for
1 8 the utilization of automated external defibrillator equipment,
1 9 and training on the use of such equipment, are developed at
1 10 the local level. involving the distribution of both basic=
1 11 level and advanced=level external defibrillator equipment, as
1 12 follows:
1 13 1. For basic=level automated external defibrillator
1 14 equipment, for use primarily by emergency medical care
1 15 providers other than those referred to in subsection 2 and the
1 16 general public, the grant program shall provide matching funds
1 17 to local boards of health, community organizations, or cities
1 18 after standards and requirements for the utilization of basic=
1 19 level automated external defibrillator equipment, and training
1 20 on the use of such equipment, are developed at the local
1 21 level. The objective of the program shall be to enhance the
1 22 emergency response system in rural areas of the state where
1 23 access to health care providers is often limited by providing
1 24 increased access to basic=level automated external
1 25 defibrillator equipment by rural emergency and community
1 26 personnel. A local board of health, community organization,
1 27 or city may submit an application to the department for
1 28 review. The department shall establish criteria for the
1 29 review and approval of grant applications by rule, and may
1 30 accept gifts, grants, bequests, and other private
1 31 contributions, as well as state or federal funds, for purposes
1 32 of the program. The amount of a grant shall not exceed fifty
1 33 percent of the cost of the basic=level automated external
1 34 defibrillator equipment to be distributed to the applicant and
1 35 the training program to be administered by the applicant at
2 1 the local level. Each application shall include information
2 2 demonstrating that the applicant will provide matching funds
2 3 of fifty percent of the cost of the program. Grant recipients
2 4 shall submit an annual report to the department indicating
2 5 automated external defibrillator equipment usage levels,
2 6 patient outcomes, and number of individuals trained.
2 7 2. For advanced=level external defibrillator equipment,
2 8 for use primarily by emergency medical care providers trained
2 9 at the EMT=paramedic or higher certification level, as
2 10 referred to in section 147A.1, subsection 4, the grant program
2 11 shall provide matching funds to municipal fire departments and
2 12 ambulance, rescue, or first response services after standards
2 13 and requirements for the utilization of advanced=level
2 14 external defibrillator equipment, and training on the use of
2 15 such equipment, are developed at the local level. The
2 16 objective of the program shall be to enhance the availability
2 17 of advanced=level external defibrillators for use in advanced
2 18 life support applications by trained EMT=paramedics. A
2 19 municipal fire department or ambulance, rescue, or first
2 20 response service may submit an application to the department
2 21 for review. The department shall establish criteria for the
2 22 review and approval of grant applications by rule, and may
2 23 accept gifts, grants, bequests, and other private
2 24 contributions, as well as state or federal funds, for purposes
2 25 of the program. In determining approval criteria, the
2 26 department shall award a preference for applicants
2 27 demonstrating the possession of comparatively outdated
2 28 equipment and limited financial resources. The amount of a
2 29 grant shall not exceed seventy=five percent of the cost of the
2 30 advanced=level external defibrillator equipment to be
2 31 distributed to the applicant and the training program to be
2 32 administered by the applicant at the local level. Each
2 33 application shall include information demonstrating that the
2 34 applicant will provide matching funds of twenty=five percent
2 35 of the cost of the program. Grant recipients shall submit an
3 1 annual report to the department indicating external
3 2 defibrillator equipment usage levels, patient outcomes, and
3 3 number of individuals trained.
3 4 Sec. 2. EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR GRANT PROGRAM ==
3 5 APPROPRIATIONS. There is appropriated from the healthy Iowans
3 6 tobacco trust created in section 12.65 to the Iowa department
3 7 of public health for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006,
3 8 and ending June 30, 2007, the following amounts, or so much
3 9 thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
3 10 designated:
3 11 1. For the external defibrillator grant program
3 12 established pursuant to section 135.26, subsection 1, for
3 13 administering grants for basic=level automated external
3 14 defibrillator equipment:
3 15 .................................................. $ 250,000
3 16 2. For the external defibrillator grant program
3 17 established pursuant to section 135.26, subsection 2, for
3 18 administering grants for advanced=level external defibrillator
3 19 equipment:
3 20 .................................................. $ 250,000
3 21 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
3 22 section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close
3 23 of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available
3 24 for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of
3 25 the succeeding fiscal year.
3 26 EXPLANATION
3 27 This bill modifies the existing automated external
3 28 defibrillator grant program established in Code section 135.26
3 29 to provide for a two=tiered external defibrillator grant
3 30 program.
3 31 In addition to the existing program, the bill adds a second
3 32 grant program for advanced=level external defibrillator
3 33 equipment intended for use by emergency medical care providers
3 34 trained at the EMT=paramedic or higher certification level, as
3 35 defined in Code section 147A.1, subsection 4. The bill
4 1 provides that the new grant program shall provide matching
4 2 funds to municipal fire departments and ambulance, rescue, or
4 3 first response services after standards and requirements for
4 4 the utilization of advanced=level external defibrillator
4 5 equipment, and training on the use of such equipment, are
4 6 developed. The bill states that the objective of the program
4 7 is to enhance the availability of advanced=level external
4 8 defibrillators for use in advanced life support applications
4 9 by trained EMT=paramedics.
4 10 The bill provides that a municipal fire department, or
4 11 ambulance, rescue, or first response service, may submit an
4 12 application to the department for review. The department
4 13 shall establish criteria for the review and approval of grant
4 14 applications by rule, and may accept gifts, grants, bequests,
4 15 and other private contributions, as well as state or federal
4 16 funds, for purposes of the program. In determining approval
4 17 criteria, the bill provides that the department shall award a
4 18 preference for applicants demonstrating the possession of
4 19 comparatively outdated equipment and limited financial
4 20 resources. The bill provides that a grant shall be awarded on
4 21 a 75 percent grant, 25 percent local match, basis with regard
4 22 to the cost of the equipment and the training program to be
4 23 administered by the applicant. Additionally, as with the
4 24 current program, grant recipients shall submit an annual
4 25 report to the department indicating external defibrillator
4 26 equipment usage levels, patient outcomes, and number of
4 27 individuals trained.
4 28 With the addition of the advanced=level grant program, the
4 29 bill modifies provisions of the existing program to clarify
4 30 that it relates to basic=level automated equipment.
4 31 The bill makes an appropriation from the healthy Iowans
4 32 tobacco trust created in Code section 12.65 to the Iowa
4 33 department of public health for the 2006=2007 fiscal year of a
4 34 total of $500,000. The bill allocates $250,000 of the
4 35 appropriation to each of the two external defibrillator grant
5 1 programs.
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