Budget Amendment ID: FY2017-S4-432

EHS 432

AED Trust Fund

Mr. Fattman, Ms. L'Italien, Messrs. Montigny, Tarr and Ross 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; provided, that applicants may include municipalities and school districts, including regional school districts, for use in schools, senior centers and senior housing complexes; provided further, 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 security; provided further, that grants may include matching funds for training in the use of the equipment and cardiopulmonary resuscitations; provided further, that local matching funds may be provided through the municipality or school district by local appropriation or through donations from nonprofit organizations or individual, corporate or foundation gifts; and provided further, that nothing in this item shall limit the ability of the executive office of public safety and security to obtain the equipment through a bulk purchase arrangement to maximize the number of grants that may be made with these funds……$500,000”