(b.1) Eligibility.--To receive grant funds under this
chapter, an EMS company must be designated by a municipality as
the municipality's primary EMS provider.
(c) Time for filing application and department action.--
(1) By September 8 of each year, the commissioner shall
provide applications and written instructions for grants
under this chapter to the president or lead officer of every
EMS company in this Commonwealth.
(2) EMS companies seeking grants under this chapter
shall submit completed applications to the commissioner. The
application period shall remain open for 45 days each year.
The commissioner shall act to approve or disapprove
applications within 60 days of the application submission
deadline each year. Applications which have not been approved
or disapproved by the commissioner within 60 days after the
close of the application period each year shall be deemed
approved.
§ 7832. Emergency Medical Services Company Grant Program.
The sum of $3,000,000 of the amount appropriated to the
commissioner for EMS company grants under section 1799-E of the
act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal
Code, shall be expended for the purpose of making grants to
eligible EMS companies under Subchapter C (relating to emergency
medical services grant program).]
Section 6. Section 7833 of Title 35, amended October 29,
2020 (P.L.739, No.91), is amended to read:
§ 7833. Allocation of appropriated funds.
(a) Administration.--
(1) Except as provided under paragraph (2), no money
from the appropriation for grants shall be used for expenses
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