Budget Amendment ID: FY2014-S3-714-R1

Redraft EHS 714

AED Trust Fund

Messrs. Richard T. Moore, Brownsberger and Montigny moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, by inserting after item 1599-7104 the following item:

xxxx-xxxx  For a reserve for 1-time grants for the purchase of automated external defibrillators, with possible applicants to include municipalities and school districts, including regional school districts, for use in schools, senior centers or senior housing complexes; provided, that grants shall be made available in the form of 50 per cent matching grants to be administered by the executive office of public safety and homeland security; provided further, that grants may include matching funds for training in the use of such equipment and cardio-pulmonary resuscitations; provided further, that local matching funds may be provided through the municipality or school district by local appropriation or through donations from non-profit organizations or individual, corporate or foundation gifts; and provided further, that nothing contained herein shall limit the ability of the executive office of public safety and homeland security to obtain the equipment through a bulk purchase arrangement to maximize the number of grants that may be made through these funds……………………$500,000