# Title 23 — Health and Safety

## Chapter 23-38.1 — Cardiac Ready Community Grant Program

### § 23-38.1-01. Cardiac ready community grant program.

The department of health and human services shall establish a cardiac ready community
grant program. The primary purpose of the program is to support bystander, emergency
responder, and community private public partnerships for strengthening community-based
capacity for cardiac and stroke emergency response and risk reduction programs throughout
the state. The program must build on and may not duplicate existing programs. The department
shall award grants on a competitive basis based on criteria established by an advisory
committee. To facilitate volume purchasing savings, the department may procure vendor rates
and purchases, and grant the acquired elements to community programs.
### § 23-38.1-02. Cardiac ready community grant program advisory committee - Duties.

1. The department of health and human services shall establish a cardiac ready
community grant program advisory committee with members appointed by the
commissioner of the department of health and human services or designee. The
advisory committee shall advise the department of health and human services in the
development of the cardiac ready community grant program and the membership must
include a representative of the department of health and human services, one cardiac
ready community member, one representative of the emergency medical services
association, one representative of the American heart association, one representative
of the cardiac task force, one representative of the stroke task force, one
representative of the emergency services advisory committee, one survivor advocate,
and the department of health and human services emergency medical services and
trauma medical director.
2. Members of the committee who are not state employees are entitled to mileage and
expenses as provided by law for state officers and employees. A state employee who
is a member of the committee must receive that employee's regular salary and is
entitled to mileage and expenses, to be paid by the employing agency.
3. The department of health and human services, with the advisory committee's
involvement, shall provide assistance to:
a. Evaluate programs;
b. Promote public awareness of core program elements;
c. Facilitate the coordination of program components with the local level;
d. Involve state agencies, law enforcement, and local government in the
administration and management of the program; and
e. Assist the department in screening and implementing the grants.
4. The department may study the implementation of the program and shall recommend
legislation the cardiac ready community grant program advisory committee considers
appropriate to improve the program.
### § 23-38.1-03. Gifts, grants, and donations - Continuing appropriation.

The department of health and human services may accept any gifts, grants, or donations,
whether conditional or unconditional. The department or local grantees may contract public or
private entities and may expend any available moneys to obtain matching funds for the
purposes of this chapter. All moneys received by the department of health and human services
as gifts, grants, or donations under this section are appropriated on a continuing basis to the
department's operations fund for the purpose of funding the grant program.
