Oklahoma State Department of Health - Oklahoma Emergency Medical Response Systems Stabilization and Improvement Revolving Fund

Oklahoma Emergency Response Systems Stabilization and Improvement Revolving Fund

The Oklahoma legislature created the Oklahoma Emergency Response Systems Stabilization and Improvement Revolving Fund in 2008. The money in the Fund - up to $2.5 million per year- is collected from cigarette taxes, and may be used by the Oklahoma State Department of Health for the following purposes:

· funding assessment activities,
· stabilization and/or reorganization of at-risk emergency medical services,
· development of regional emergency medical services,
· training for emergency medical directors,
· access to training front line emergency medical services personnel, and
· capital and equipment needs.

The Department has been holding a series of public meetings to hear stakeholder comments regarding appropriate priorities for the fund.

The draft of the rules, application and scoring tool, that will be submitted to the Board of Health for approval later this year is now available from the links below.

OERSSIRF Rule Final Draft Outline

OERSSIRF Application

OERSSIRF Scoring Tool

The following links provide documents that may be of interest:

· The Governor's EMS Readiness Task Force Final Report

Senate Bill 1918, which creates the fund and identifies it's financing

We are presenting this set of DRAFT rules as a basis for continuing discussion. They will be modified based on feedback from our next public meeting. The draft rules are based on other publicly-funded development programs in use by the State of Oklahoma. In this format, eligible entities as would submit applications for grants. The applications would be scored based on a point system intended to encourage cooperation and development in the areas of the state with the greatest need.

Please send comments or questions to the EMS Division at systems@health.ok.gov:

R. Shawn Rogers, Director
Emergency Medical Services Division
The Oklahoma State Department of Health
1000 NE 10th
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73117
http://ems.health.ok.gov
(405) 271-4027 Office
(405) 271-4240 FAX
(405) 706-2694 Mobile

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	email \| print Oklahoma Emergency Response Systems Stabilization and Improvement Revolving Fund The Oklahoma legislature created the Oklahoma Emergency Response Systems Stabilization and Improvement Revolving Fund in 2008. The money in the Fund - up to $2.5 million per year- is collected from cigarette taxes, and may be used by the Oklahoma State Department of Health for the following purposes: · funding assessment activities, · stabilization and/or reorganization of at-risk emergency medical services, · development of regional emergency medical services, · training for emergency medical directors, · access to training front line emergency medical services personnel, and · capital and equipment needs. The Department has been holding a series of public meetings to hear stakeholder comments regarding appropriate priorities for the fund. The draft of the rules, application and scoring tool, that will be submitted to the Board of Health for approval later this year is now available from the links below. OERSSIRF Rule Final Draft Outline OERSSIRF Application OERSSIRF Scoring Tool The following links provide documents that may be of interest: · The Governor's EMS Readiness Task Force Final Report Senate Bill 1918, which creates the fund and identifies it's financing We are presenting this set of DRAFT rules as a basis for continuing discussion. They will be modified based on feedback from our next public meeting. The draft rules are based on other publicly-funded development programs in use by the State of Oklahoma. In this format, eligible entities as would submit applications for grants. The applications would be scored based on a point system intended to encourage cooperation and development in the areas of the state with the greatest need. Please send comments or questions to the EMS Division at systems@health.ok.gov: R. Shawn Rogers, Director Emergency Medical Services Division The Oklahoma State Department of Health 1000 NE 10th Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73117 http://ems.health.ok.gov (405) 271-4027 Office (405) 271-4240 FAX (405) 706-2694 Mobile

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