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WES MOORE, Governor Ch. 717

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(4) Any recommendations for altering the manner in which trauma physicians, TRAUMA HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS, and trauma centers are reimbursed from the Fund;

(5) The costs incurred in administering the Fund during the previous fiscal year; [and]

(6) The amount that each hospital that participates in the Maryland trauma system and that has a trauma center contributes toward the subsidization of trauma–related costs for its trauma center;

(7) THE COSTS THAT HOSPITALS REPORTED TO THE HEALTH SERVICES COST REVIEW COMMISSION AND ARE ACCOUNTED FOR IN GLOBAL BUDGETS FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING:

(I) TRAUMA STANDBY;

(II) ALLOWABLE TRAUMA CENTER COSTS FOR REIMBURSING THE TRAUMA DIRECTOR AND TRAUMA STAFF;

(III) MAINTAINING MARYLAND INSTITUTE FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SYSTEMS TRAUMA PROTOCOLS;

(IV) MAINTAINING SPECIALIZED TRAUMA STAFF;

(V) PROCURING SPECIALIZED TRAUMA EQUIPMENT; AND

(VI) PROVIDING TRAUMA EDUCATION AND TRAINING; AND

(8) ANY OTHER IMPROVEMENTS MADE BY TRAUMA CENTERS AS A RESULT OF THE INCREASED FUNDING.

(G) THE COMMISSION SHALL AWARD AN ANNUAL GRANT FROM THE FUND IN THE AMOUNT UP TO $1,800,000 TO LEVEL I PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTERS AS FOLLOWS:

(1) UP TO $900,000 TO JOHNS HOPKINS CHILDREN’S CENTER; AND

(2) UP TO $900,000 TO CHILDREN’S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.

Article – Public Safety

8–102.

(a) There is a Senator William H. Amoss Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Fund.