Chief Patron: Rouse
Emergency Response Exposure Grant Fund and Program Pilot (SB 972)

Item 405 #1s

Language
Page 520, line 32, strike "$11,565,448" and insert "$12,065,448".

Explanation

(This amendment provides $500,000 GF the second year to initiate the Emergency Response Exposure Grant Fund and Program established by Senate Bill 972, based on the recommendations of the "Preemptive and Ongoing Health Care to Local Government Employees Exposed to Toxic Materials" report submitted pursuant to Chapter 363, 2024 Acts of Assembly, and to initiate a pilot program with City of Virginia Beach. As part of the pilot, the Department of Fire Programs shall open a six-month window after the publication of the grant program, during which additional localities may submit applications in order for the Department to gauge eligibility and better understand future funding needs. After the six-month window closes, events that took place prior to July 1, 2025, would not be eligible for future consideration.)