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1996 SESSION

961831388
HOUSE BILL NO. 904
Offered January 22, 1996
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 32.1-114.1, relating to the Financial Assistance and Review Committee.
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Patrons-- Orrock, Abbitt and Jones, D.C.; Senators: Goode, Hawkins and Holland
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Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 32.1-114.1 as follows:

§ 32.1-114.1. Financial Assistance and Review Committee; appointment; terms; duties.

A. For the purposes of administering the Rescue Squad Assistance Fund as provided in § 32.1-115, there is hereby established the Financial Assistance and Review Committee. The Committee shall be composed of eight members who shall be representatives of the regions encompassed by the emergency medical services councils and appointed by the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board.

B. Members serving on the Financial Assistance and Review Committee on January 1, 1996, shall complete their current term of office. Thereafter, appointments shall be made for terms of three years or the unexpired portions thereof in a manner to preserve insofar as possible the representation of the emergency medical services councils. No member may serve more than two successive terms. The chairman shall be elected from the membership of the Committee for a term of one year and shall be eligible for reelection. The Committee shall meet at least four times annually at the call of the chairman or the Commissioner.

C. The Financial Assistance and Review Committee shall:

1. Administer the Rescue Squad Assistance Fund in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State Board of Health as shall be established for the Fund;

2. Review the Rescue Squad Assistance Fund grant applications from eligible emergency medical services agencies and make recommendations on the funding of such grant applications to the Commissioner of Health; and

3. Report biannually, after each funding cycle, the number of grant applications received, the total costs of grant applications funded, the number of grant applications denied funding, and the reasons for denying funding, to the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board and the Commissioner.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 32.1-115 to the contrary, reappointments or eliminations of representation on the Financial Assistance and Review Committee for those members serving on January 1, 1996, whose term of office expires before July 1, 1996, shall be made according to the provisions of this act.