{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-311a.155","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 311A.155","heading":"Emergency medical services grant program -- Trust and agency account","body":"-- Withholding funds for emergency purposes -- Grants to fiscal courts --\nAdministrative regulations -- Emergency funding.\n(1) There shall be an emergency medical services grant pro gram to provide funding to\neach county for the direct operation of emergency medical services, including but\nnot limited to purchase or lease of ambulances or equipment. Funds available shall\nnot be used to fund personnel or consultant salaries.\n(2) Funds appropriated to or received by the emergency medical services grant program\nshall be placed in a trust and agency account in the State Treasury and shall not\nlapse.\n(3) The board shall administer the emergency medical services grant program and may\npromulgate administrative regulations, which shall include but not be limited to\nfunding criteria necessary for its implementation and operation.\n(4) Twenty percent (20%) of the funds received each fiscal year for the grant program\nmay be withheld from general di stribution and shall be distributed for emergency\npurposes only.\n(5) Grants may be made each fiscal year to each county fiscal court determined to be\neligible by the board for distribution to public ambulance services operated by or for\nthe county. A count y may keep funds appropriated to them for a period of two (2)\nyears, if desired, for expenditure for authorized purposes. At the end of two (2)\nyears from the date of the receipt of the grant, the county shall return any funds\nremaining unexpended to the e mergency medical services grant fund. Each\nexpenditure made by the fiscal court from grant funds provided to the county shall\nbe documented, with appropriate receipts or other documents, and a copy of each\nreceipt or other document shall be provided to the  board to verify that the\nexpenditure was proper. The board shall require reimbursement to the emergency\nmedical services fund by the county, with interest at a rate of twenty percent (20%)\nannually, for any funds expended for an unauthorized purpose. If t he county fails or\nrefuses to reimburse the fund, the board shall notify the Attorney General, who shall\nseek appropriate civil and criminal remedies.\n(6) The board shall, annually, by January 1, promulgate administrative regulations\nspecifying items of eq uipment and other authorized expenditures for the upcoming\nfiscal year. No funds shall be provided to the county until after the start of the fiscal\nyear.\n(7) The board may, in the event of a documented situation which the board considers to\nbe an emergenc y and beyond the ability of the county to pay, provide emergency\nfunding to the fiscal court for an ambulance or authorized equipment which has\nbeen damaged or destroyed. Normal replacement of an ambulance or equipment\nshall not be considered an emergency. The amount of funding that may be provided\nby the board shall not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000). Only one (1)\nemergency funding request shall be granted for any county in each fiscal year. The\namount of the emergency grant to the county shall be d educted from the county's\ngrant for the next fiscal year.","path":["KRS Chapter 311A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=30748","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:08Z","sha256":"b8468ba9bd57db42a90d3fde31cdfde2553e44391b5dbf91320c78551b162230","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-311a.150","next":"us-ky/krs-311a.160"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}