KRS 311A.045: Coordinator and other positions -- Emergency Medical Services for

Children Program -- Funds received by program.

(1) The board may employ or contract with a coordinator and other positions who shall

serve at the pleasure of the board for the Emergenc y Medical Services for Children

Program for which funding is provided by the General Assembly or through any

other sources, including gifts, grants, or federal funds.

(2) The coordinator shall, subject to the direction of the board:

(a) Implement and overs ee the Emergency Medical Services for Children

Program described in this section; and

(b) Serve as liaison for collaboration and coordination between the Emergency

Medical Services for Children Program, the board and other public and private

organizations, the state traffic safety office, the maternal and child health

program, the Medicaid department, the state and local child fatality review

and response teams, state and local professional organizations, private sector

voluntary organizations, and consumer and community representatives.

(3) The Emergency Medical Services for Children Program may include but not be

limited to the establishment of the following:

(a) Guidelines for necessary out-of-hospital medical service equipment;

(b) Guidelines and protoco ls for out -of-hospital pediatric emergency medical

services;

(c) Assistance in the development and provision of professional education

programs for emergency medical services personnel for the provision of

emergency care of infants and children;

(d) Coordination and cooperation between the Emergency Medical Services for

Children Program and other public and private organizations interested or

involved in emergency care for children, including those persons and

organizations identified in subsection (2)(b) of this section; and

(e) Assistance with the purchase of equipment for the provision of medical

services for children only.

The scope of activities carried out by and the provision of staff for the Emergency

Medical Services for Children Program shall be c ommensurate with the availability

of funds.

(4) Funds received under this section may be distributed based upon a matching grant

system to be developed by the board, and distribution shall be need -based. No

single grant shall exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000) to the same grantee.

(5) Funds received by the Emergency Medical Services for Children Program shall be

placed in a trust and agency account in the state treasury which shall not lapse

unless grant provisions specify otherwise. No funds shall be exp ended from a grant

except by vote of the board.