Emergency medical services.

Existing law establishes the Maddy Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Fund, authorizing each county to establish an emergency medical services fund for reimbursement of EMS-related costs, and provides that the costs of administering the fund shall be reimbursed, based on the actual administrative costs, not to exceed 10% of the amount of the fund. This bill would, instead, provide that the costs of administering the EMS Fund that are reimbursed by the fund are not to exceed the actual costs of administering the fund or 10% of the amount of the fund, whichever amount is lower. Existing law, until January 1, 2014, provides for the deposit into the EMS Fund of an additional penalty levied in the amount of $2 for every $10 upon fines, penalties, and forfeitures collected for criminal offenses, as specified. Existing law, until January 1, 2014, requires 15% of the funds collected pursuant to this additional penalty to be expended for pediatric trauma centers. Costs of administering money deposited into the EMS Fund from this additional penalty are to be reimbursed from the money collected, not to exceed 10%. This bill would, instead, provide that the costs of administering the moneys deposited from the additional penalty are reimbursed from the moneys collected but are not to exceed the actual costs of administering these moneys or 10% of these moneys, whichever amount is lower.