Section 1797.115 Of Article 1. The Emergency Medical Services Authority From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2.5. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 1.
1797.115
. (a) To the extent permitted by federal law and upon
appropriation in the annual Budget Act or another statute, the
Director of Finance may transfer any moneys in the Federal Trust Fund
established pursuant to Section 16360 of the Government Code to the
Emergency Medical Services Authority if the money is made available
by the United States for expenditure by the state for purposes
consistent with the implementation of this section.
(b) Moneys appropriated pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be
allocated by the authority to the California Fire Fighter Joint
Apprenticeship Program to do all of the following:
(1) Offset the cost of paramedic training course development.
(2) Enter into reimbursement contracts with eligible state and
local agencies that in turn may contract with educational
institutions for the delivery of paramedic training conducted in
compliance with the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section
1797.172.
(3) Allocate funds, in the form of grants, to eligible state and
local agencies to defray the cost of providing paramedic training for
fire services personnel, including, but not limited to,
instructional supplies and trainee compensation expenses.
(c) To the extent permitted by federal law, the authority shall
recover its costs for administration of this section from the funds
transferred pursuant to subdivision (a).
(d) In order to be eligible for a grant under paragraph (3) of
subdivision (b), a state or local agency shall demonstrate a need for
additional paramedics.
(e) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Fire service personnel" includes, but is not limited to, a
firefighter or prehospital emergency medical worker employed by a
state or local agency.
(2) "Local agency" means any city, county, city and county, fire
district, special district, joint powers agency, or any other
political subdivision of the state that provides fire protection
services.
(3) "State agency" means any state agency that provides
residential or institutional fire protection, including, but not
limited to, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.