Bill Text: AZ SB1120 | 2021 | Fifty-fifth Legislature 1st Regular | Engrossed


Bill Title: Fire districts; medical services; reimbursement

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-03-16 - House NREW Committee action: Do Pass Amended, voting: (10-0-0-0-0-0) [SB1120 Detail]

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Senate Engrossed

 

county fiscal provisions; technical correction

(now: fire districts; medical services; reimbursement)

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-fifth Legislature

First Regular Session

2021

 

 

SENATE BILL 1120

 

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 37, chapter 9, article 1, arizona revised statutes, by adding section 37-1310; appropriating monies; relating to the department of forestry and fire management.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 


Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 37, chapter 9, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 37-1310, to read:

START_STATUTE37-1310. Emergency medical services on federal land; reimbursement; rules; definition

A. Subject to legislative appropriation, the state forester shall process and pay claims to reimburse a fire district with a population of less than ten thousand inhabitants for reimbursable expenses incurred to respond to emergency medical services calls on federal lands as follows:

1. The fire district shall submit an itemized claim for reimbursement within ninety days after the emergency medical service response.

2. Within ninety days after receiving a complete and correct claim for reimbursement, the state forester shall complete the processing of the claim and reimburse the fire district.

B. The state forester shall adopt rules and prescribe forms to administer this section.

C. For the purposes of this section, "reimbursable expenses" includes personnel costs for personnel that directly respond to an emergency medical services call, fuel costs, medical supplies and other costs the state forester determines are related to the response. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Appropriation; Arizona department of forestry and fire management; fire district reimbursement; exemption

A. The sum of $500,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2021-2022 to the Arizona department of forestry and fire management to reimburse fire districts with a population of less than ten thousand inhabitants for reimbursable expenses incurred in responding to emergency medical services calls on federal lands pursuant to section 37-1310, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act.

B. The appropriation made in subsection A of this section is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations.

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