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The 2005 Florida Statutes
Title XXIX Chapter 401
PUBLIC MEDICAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND
HEALTH TRANSPORTATION
401.113 Department; powers and duties. --
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(1) Funds deposited into the Emergency Medical Services Trust Fund as provided by ss. 316,06t,
316.192, 318.21, and 938.07 must be used solely to improve and expand prehospital emergency medical
services in the state.
(2) The department shall annually dispense funds contained in the Emergency Medical Services Trust
Fund as follows:
(a) Forty-five percent of such moneys must be divided among the counties according to the proportion
of the combined amount deposited in the trust fund from the county. These funds may not be used to
match grant funds as identified in paragraph (b). An individual board of county commissioners may
distribute these funds to emergency medical service organizations within the county, as it deems
appropriate.
(b) Forty percent of such moneys must be used by the department for making matching grants to local
agencies, municipalities, and emergency medical services organizations for the purpose of conducting
research, increasing existing levels of emergency medical services, evaluation, community education,
injury -prevention programs, and training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other lifesaving and first
aid techniques.
1. At least 90 percent of these moneys must be made available on a cash matching basis. A grant made
under this subparagraph must be contingent upon the recipient providing a cash sum equal to 25 percent
of the total department -approved grant amount.
2. No more than 10 percent of these moneys must be made available to rural emergency medical
services, and notwithstanding the restrictions specified in subsection (1), these moneys may be used for
improvement, expansion, or continuation of services provided. A grant made under this subparagraph
must be contingent upon the recipient providing a cash sum equal to no more than 10 percent of the
total department -approved grant amount.
The department shall develop procedures and standards for grant disbursement under this paragraph
based on the need for emergency medical services, the requirements of the population to be served,
and the objectives of the state emergency medical services plan.
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(c) Fifteen percent of such moneys must be used by the department for capital equipment outlay,
personnel, community education, evaluation, and other costs associated with the administration of this
chapter. Any moneys not annually used for this purpose must be used for making additional rural grant
funds available.
(3) The department shall adopt rules to administer this section.
History.--s. 5, ch. 73-262; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 47, ch. 85-81; s. 26, ch. 85-167; s. 5, ch. 85-337; s. 10,
ch. 86-154; s. 52, ch. 86-220; s. 11, ch. 89-275; s. 9, ch. 89-283; s. 29, ch. 92-78; s. 35, ch. 97-271; s.
17, ch. 2001-53; s. 6, ch. 2001-380; s. 13, ch. 2002-402; s. 9, ch. 2004-6.
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