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

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 37-1310

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Population: means the population according to the most recent United States decennial census. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215

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

2. Within thirty days after receiving a complete and correct claim for payment, the state forester shall complete the processing of the claim and pay the fire district.

B. For the purposes of this section, "expenses":

1. Includes personnel costs for personnel that directly respond to an emergency medical services call, fuel costs, costs for medical supplies and other costs the state forester determines are related to the response.

2. Does not include emergency medical services regulated pursuant to Title 36, Chapter 21.1.

 

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