Sec.28-24-6a. Implementation of a regional emergency telecommunications service credit

(a) Every town or city shall be eligible for a regional emergency telecommunications service credit for coordinated medical emergency direction (CMED) services. This service credit shall be based upon the factor of thirty cents per capita, utilizing the most recent Department of Public Health population data, and calculated as variable p (population) multiplied by .3.

(b) Only those entities approved by the Department of Public Health, Office of Emergency Medical Services as CMEDs, and which operate under approved plans for communications systems developed by emergency medical services councils under the provisions of section 19a-182 of the Connecticut General Statutes, shall be eligible to receive the regional emergency telecommunications service credit.

(c) Towns and cities shall designate the recipient of their CMED credit and notify the Division of that designation prior to April 1st of each year.

(Effective July 1, 2020)