Bill > S1858

Introduced Session

This bill establishes the Emergency Services Assistance Grant Program in the Department of Health (department) and appropriates $10,000,000 from federal monies received by the State due to the COVID-19 outbreak to fulfill the bill's provisions. The program is to award grants to emergency services providers who have suffered financial losses during the COVID-19 outbreak as a result of diminished fundraising activity due to federal, local, or State mandates. The Commissioner of Health (commissioner) is to develop an application by which an emergency services provider may apply for a grant for funding, and criteria by which to rank applications received by the department. The grant amount shall be based on previous fundraising activity as demonstrated through financial information submitted by the emergency services provider to the commissioner. The commissioner is to provide notice of the availability of funding for this program and make the application available on the department's Internet website. Upon receipt of an application, the commissioner is to review the application and, subject to the availability of funds, award a grant to each approved grant applicant. The bill defines "emergency services provider" to mean any volunteer fire company or any volunteer first aid, emergency, rescue, or ambulance squad.

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Latham Tiver (R)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee (on 01/13/2026)

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