Purpose
This notice is to alert the public that the Office of Trauma is proposing the development of rulemaking to revise Rule 64J-2.019, F.A.C., pursuant to the implementation of Chapter 2010-80, Laws of Florida (Enrolled CS/CS/HB 325) and Chapter 2010-161 (Enrolled HB 5311) passed during the 2010 Legislative Session. For the implementation of Chapter 2010-80, the proposed revisions add the new statutes (318.0083(1)(b)3.a. and 3.b.) for funds generated from the use of traffic infraction cameras to enforce violations of red-light running. Ten dollars of each citation generated from the implementation of these statutes are to be deposited into the DOH administrative trust fund for distribution to verified trauma centers pursuant to Section 395.4036(1), F.S.
Enrolled HB 325 was not amended to conform to the trust fund language in HB 5311, which designated the use of the Emergency Medical Services Trust Fund for deposit of the trauma center designated funding. Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 2010-161, F.S., the proposed revisions remove reference to the DOH Administrative Trust Fund where referenced in this rule, and provides that all funds governed under this rule shall be distributed to verified trauma centers in the quarter following deposit into the Department’s trust funds.
The department will be seeking revisions to Sections 318.0083(1)(b)3.a. and 3.b. to change the trust fund title currently in these sections from the DOH administrative trust fund to the Emergency Medical Services Trust Fund to ensure all funds designated for payment to trauma centers are deposited into the same trust fund.