HB 317 Summary

• Changes the definition of eligible recipients from "nonprofit organizations that provide ambulance or rescue services" to specifically "volunteer ambulance companies or volunteer rescue services" certified by the State Fire Prevention Commission.

• Increases the special fund allocation from 15 one-hundredths of 1 percent to 20 one-hundredths of 1 percent of gross premiums received by life and health insurers.

• Restricts fund distribution to non-profit ambulance companies certified by the State Fire Prevention Commission that provide basic life support (BLS) services, as defined in Title 16, §9702.

• Adds definitions section clarifying that "volunteer ambulance company" means a non-profit ambulance company certified by the State Fire Prevention Commission providing BLS services.