As in effect on April 1, 2008
(1) This rule is established under Title 26, Chapter 8a.
(2) The purpose of this rule is to provide guidelines for the equitable distribution of competitive grant funds specified under the Emergency Medical Services Grants Program.
(1) County EMS Council or Committee means a group of persons recognized by the county commission as the legitimate entity within the county to formulate policy regarding the provision of EMS. It is recommended that the committee have the following representation: A physician and a nurse involved in the provision of emergency medical care; an ambulance service representative; a paramedic service representative, if available within county; a dispatcher representative; a local health department director or his designee and; a county commissioner or his designee; other members as locally appointed.
(2) Multi-county EMS council or committee means a group of persons recognized by an association of counties as the legitimate entity within the association to formulate policy regarding the provision of EMS. It is recommended that the committee have the following representation: A physician and a nurse involved in the provision of emergency medical care; an ambulance service representative; a paramedic service representative, if available within county; a dispatcher representative; a local health department director or his designee and; a county commissioner or his designee; other members as locally appointed.
(1) Competitive grants are available for use specifically related to the provision of emergency medical services.
(2) Grantees must be in compliance with the EMS Systems Act and all EMS rules during the grant period.
(3) Only the following entities are eligible for competitive grant funds:
(a) licensed EMS agencies;
(b) designated EMS agencies; and
(c) political subdivisions of Utah state or local governments that are seeking grants to provide for initial training to become licensed or designated EMS agencies; and
(d) non-profit entities that are seeking grants to provide for initial training to become licensed or designated EMS agencies.
(4) An applicant that is six months or more in arrears in payments owed to the Department is ineligible for competitive grant consideration.
In accordance with Title 26, Chapter 8a, awards shall be implemented by grants between the Department and the grantee.
(1) Grant awards are effective on July 1 and must be used by June 30 of the following year.
(2) Grant funding is on a reimbursable basis after presentation of documentation of expenditures which are in accordance with the approved grant awards budget.
(1) The Grant Program Guidelines, outlining the review schedule, funding amounts, eligible expenditures, and awards schedule shall be established annually by the EMS Committee.
(2) The department may accept only complete applications which are submitted by the deadlines established by the EMS Committee.
(3) It is the intent of the EMS Committee that there be local EMS council or committee review and prioritization of grant applications. Therefore, copies of grant applications shall be provided by grant applicants to their respective county EMS councils or committees and the multi-county EMS councils or committees, where organized, for a period of at least 30 days for review and prioritization before consideration by the State Grants subcommittee. State reviews may not be conducted for grant proposals which have not been first submitted to the county or the multi-county EMS councils or committees.
(4) Agencies that are licensed or designated, whose EMS service area includes multiple local EMS Committee jurisdictions will be reviewed separately by the State Grants Subcommittee.
(5) The Grants Subcommittee shall review the competitive grant applications and forward its recommendations to the EMS Committee. The EMS Committee shall review and comment on the Grants Subcommittee recommendations and forward to the Department.
(6) Grant recipients shall provide matching funds in the amount specified in the Grant Program Guidelines.
(7) The Grants Subcommittee may recommend reducing or waiving the matching fund requirements where appropriate in order to respond to special or pressing local or state EMS problems.
(8) The Grants Subcommittee shall make recommendations based upon the following criteria:
(a) the impact on patient care;
(b) a description of the size and significant impediments of the geographic service area;
(c) the population demographics of the service area;
(d) the urgency of the need;
(e) call volume;
(f) the per capita grant allocated to each agency, and its relative benefit on the agency to provide EMS service;
(g) local county prioritization;
(h) a description of the agency; and
(i) percent of responses to non-residents of the service area.
(9) Applications requesting grant award extensions past June 30, must be made to the department by May 30 of the grant year. Requests made after that time will not be accepted. Grants extensions may only be given for unforeseen circumstances.
(10) The Department may withhold payment of grant funds to a grantee that is six months or more in arrears in payments owed to the Department until the overdue payments are paid in full.
(1) The Grants Review Subcommittee may recommend interim or emergency grants if all the following are met:
(a) Grant funds are available;
(b) The applicant clearly demonstrates the need;
(c) the application was not rejected by the Grants Review Subcommittee during the current grant cycle; and
(d) Delay of funding to the next scheduled grant cycle would impair the agency's ability to provide EMS care.
(2) Applicants for interim or emergency grants shall:
(a) submit an interim/emergency grant application, following the same format as annual grant applications; and
(b) submit the interim/emergency grant application to the Department at least 30 days prior to the EMS Committee meeting at which the grant application will be reviewed.
(3) The Grants Review Subcommittee shall review the interim/emergency grant application and forward recommendations to the EMS Committee. The EMS Committee shall review and comment on the Grants Review Subcommittee recommendations and forward to the Department.
emergency medical services
February 7, 2008
October 31, 2007
26-8a
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