S257 - Appropriations Act of 2017. (SL 2017-57)

Overview: Sec. 11G.1 of S.L. 2017-57 requires the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health Services Regulation, to allocate $350,000 in nonrecurring funds for each of the 2017-18 and 2018-19 fiscal years to continue the community paramedicine pilot program authorized in Section 12A.12 of S.L. 2015-241, as amended by Section 12A.3 of S.L. 2016-94. The funds must be distributed as follows: (1) $210,000 to the New Hanover Regional Emergency Medical Services site; (2) $70,000 to the McDowell County Emergency Medical Services site; and (3) $70,000 to the Wake County Emergency Medical Services site.

By November 1, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services must submit an updated report on the community paramedicine pilot program to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services and the Fiscal Research Division.

This section became effective July 1, 2017.