Senate File 490 - Introduced SENATE FILE 490 BY DANIELSON A BILL FOR An Act relating to the funding of fire and emergency response 1 services training in the state by creating a fire and 2 emergency response services training grant fund, providing 3 for certain transfers to the fund, and repealing and 4 creating certain other funds. 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 6 TLSB 2457SS (5) 87 mm/rn/rj

S.F. 490 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 100B.15 Fire and emergency response 1 services training grant fund. 2 1. A fire and emergency response services training grant 3 fund is created in the state treasury under the control of 4 the department of public safety. The fund shall consist of 5 fees transferred pursuant to section 144.45A, section 147A.6, 6 subsection 1, section 321.34, subsection 10A, paragraph “b” , 7 amounts appropriated by the general assembly, and other moneys 8 available from other sources accepted for deposit in the fund. 9 Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the department of public 10 safety and shall be used exclusively by the department for fire 11 and emergency response services training grants. 12 2. A fire fighter, or a volunteer fire fighter or emergency 13 medical services personnel member as defined in section 422.12, 14 may apply to the department for a grant to reimburse the 15 fire fighter, volunteer fire fighter, or emergency medical 16 services personnel member for training expenses incurred in 17 completing required training in this state. For purposes of 18 this subsection, “training expenses” shall include costs of 19 the required training to become or maintain status as a fire 20 fighter, volunteer fire fighter, or emergency medical services 21 personnel member in this state including but not limited to 22 training required under section 100B.6, as well as any travel 23 and lodging expenses directly related to completion of the 24 training, and actually paid by a fire fighter, volunteer fire 25 fighter, or emergency medical services personnel member. 26 3. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund shall 27 not revert to the general fund of the state at the end of the 28 fiscal year, but shall remain available for expenditure by the 29 department in future fiscal years. 30 4. The department of public safety shall adopt rules 31 pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this section. 32 Sec. 2. Section 144.45A, Code 2017, is amended to read as 33 follows: 34 144.45A Commemorative birth and marriage certificates. 35 -1- LSB 2457SS (5) 87 mm/rn/rj 1/ 4

S.F. 490 Upon application and payment of a thirty-five dollar fee, 1 the director may issue a commemorative copy of a certificate of 2 birth or a certificate of marriage. Fees collected pursuant 3 to this section shall be deposited in the emergency medical 4 services fund established in section 135.25 to support the 5 development and enhancement of emergency medical services 6 systems and emergency medical services for children fire and 7 emergency response services training grant fund created in 8 section 100B.15 . 9 Sec. 3. Section 147A.6, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended 10 to read as follows: 11 1. The department, upon application and receipt of the 12 prescribed fee, shall issue a certificate to an individual who 13 has met all of the requirements for emergency medical care 14 provider certification established by the rules adopted under 15 section 147A.4, subsection 2 . All fees received pursuant 16 to this section shall be deposited in the emergency medical 17 services fund established in section 135.25 fire and emergency 18 response services training grant fund created in section 19 100B.15 . 20 Sec. 4. Section 147A.23, subsection 2, paragraph d, Code 21 2017, is amended to read as follows: 22 d. The department is responsible for the funding of the 23 administrative costs of this subchapter . Any funds received 24 by the department for this purpose shall be deposited in 25 the emergency medical services fund established in section 26 135.25 trauma care system development fund created in section 27 147A.23A . 28 Sec. 5. NEW SECTION . 147A.23A Trauma care system 29 development fund. 30 A trauma care system development fund is created in the 31 state treasury under the control of the department. The fund 32 shall include amounts appropriated from the general assembly 33 and any other funds received by the department for deposit 34 in the fund. Moneys remaining in the fund at the end of 35 -2- LSB 2457SS (5) 87 mm/rn/rj 2/ 4

S.F. 490 each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the 1 state but shall remain in the trauma care system development 2 fund, notwithstanding section 8.33. Moneys in the fund are 3 appropriated to the department and shall be used for the 4 purposes described in this subchapter. 5 Sec. 6. Section 321.34, subsection 10A, paragraph b, Code 6 2017, is amended to read as follows: 7 b. The special fees collected by the director under this 8 subsection shall be paid monthly to the treasurer of state and 9 deposited in the road use tax fund. The treasurer of state 10 shall transfer monthly from the statutory allocations fund 11 created under section 321.145, subsection 2 , to the emergency 12 medical services fund created in section 135.25 fire and 13 emergency response services training grant fund created in 14 section 100B.15 the amount of the special fees collected in 15 the previous month for issuance of emergency medical services 16 plates. 17 Sec. 7. REPEAL. Sections 100B.12 and 135.25, Code 2017, 18 are repealed. 19 Sec. 8. TRANSFER OF REMAINING FUNDS. Any unobligated 20 or unencumbered moneys remaining in the Paul Ryan memorial 21 fire fighter safety training fund in section 100B.12 and the 22 emergency medical services fund in section 135.25 at the end 23 of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 24 2017, shall be transferred to the fire and emergency response 25 services training grant fund enacted in this Act. 26 EXPLANATION 27 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 28 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 29 This bill creates a fire and emergency response services 30 training fund under the control of the department of public 31 safety (DPS) to reimburse fire fighters, and volunteer fire 32 fighters and emergency medical services personnel members 33 as defined in the bill, for training expenses incurred in 34 completing required training in this state to become or 35 -3- LSB 2457SS (5) 87 mm/rn/rj 3/ 4

S.F. 490 maintain status as a fire fighter, volunteer fire fighter, or 1 emergency medical services personnel member. The bill allows 2 a fire fighter, volunteer fire fighter, or emergency medical 3 services personnel member to apply to DPS for a grant from the 4 fund to be reimbursed for training expenses, as defined in 5 the bill, actually paid by the fire fighter, volunteer fire 6 fighter, or emergency medical services personnel member. The 7 bill requires DPS to adopt rules for the administration of the 8 fund. 9 The bill repeals the Paul Ryan memorial fire fighter safety 10 training fund in Code section 100B.12 and the emergency 11 medical services fund in Code section 135.25, and transfers any 12 unobligated or unencumbered moneys remaining in those funds at 13 the end of FY 2016-2017 to the new fire and emergency response 14 services training grant fund. 15 The bill also provides that the statutory transfers 16 provided for deposit into the repealed funds shall instead 17 be made for deposit into the new fire and emergency response 18 services training fund. These transfers include the transfer 19 in Code section 144.45A of fees collected on the issuance of 20 commemorative copies of birth and marriage certificates, the 21 transfer in Code section 147A.6(1) of fees collected on the 22 issuance of emergency medical care provider certificates, and 23 the transfer in Code section 321.34(10A)(b) of fees collected 24 on the issuance of special emergency medical services license 25 plates. 26 The bill also creates a new trauma care system development 27 fund in Code section 147A.23A that shall contain any funds 28 received by the department of public health for purposes of the 29 statewide trauma care system (Code chapter 147A, subchapter 30 II). These funds were previously deposited in the emergency 31 medical services fund in Code section 135.25. 32 -4- LSB 2457SS (5) 87 mm/rn/rj 4/ 4