(a) Authorization.--The agency is authorized to make a grant award to each eligible EMS company for the following:

(1) Construction and renovation of the EMS company's facility and purchase or repair of fixtures, furnishings, office equipment and support services necessary to maintain or improve the capability of the ambulance service to provide ambulance, emergency medical, basic life support and advanced life support services.

(2) Repair of ambulance equipment or purchase thereof.

(3) Debt reduction associated with paragraph (1) or (2).

(4) Training and certification of members.

(b) Limits.--

(1) Grants shall be not less than $2,500 and not more than $10,000 per EMS company.

(2) Grants may be awarded on a pro rata basis if the total dollar amount of the approved application exceeds the amount of funds appropriated by the General Assembly for this purpose.

(3) If two or more EMS companies consolidated their use of equipment, personnel and services within 10 years preceding the date of the current year application submission deadline, the consolidated entity shall be deemed eligible to receive a grant not to exceed the amount of the combined total for which the individual companies would have been eligible had they not consolidated.

(b.1) Eligibility.--To receive grant funds under this chapter, an EMS company must be designated by a municipality as the municipality's primary EMS provider.

(c) Time for filing application and department action.--

(1) Within 30 days of June 28, 2007, for the fiscal years commencing July 1, 2006, and July 1, 2007, and by September 1 of each year thereafter, the agency shall provide written instructions for grants under this chapter to the president of every EMS company in this Commonwealth.

(2) Within 45 days of the effective date of June 28, 2007, for the fiscal years commencing July 1, 2006, and July 1, 2007, and by September 8 of each year, the agency shall provide applications to the president of every EMS company. The application for the fiscal years commencing July 1, 2006, and July 1, 2007, shall be a combined application. EMS companies seeking grants under this chapter shall submit completed applications to the agency. The application period shall remain open for 45 days each year. The agency shall act to approve or disapprove applications within 60 days of the application submission deadline each year. Applications which have not been approved or disapproved by the agency within 60 days after the close of the application period each year shall be deemed approved.

(June 30, 2016, P.L.432, No.60, eff. imd.)

Cross References. Section 7823 is referred to in sections 7802, 7842 of this title.