§ 3003-a. EMS program agencies. 1. As provided by agreement with the
commissioner or regional councils based on needs identified by the
regional emergency medical services councils, an EMS program agency may
be responsible for facilitating quality improvement of emergency medical
care within its region, staffing the regional emergency medical advisory
committees provided for in section three thousand four-a of this
article, providing prehospital education programs approved by the
department, and other activities to support and facilitate regional
emergency medical services systems.

2. The programs developed by the agencies established by subdivision
one of this section shall be implemented beginning in nineteen hundred
ninety-three using funds collected by the New York state emergency
medical services training account, established within the miscellaneous
special revenue fund - 339 by section ninety-seven-q of the state
finance law.

3. The portion of the funds collected by the emergency medical
services training New York state account, established and allocated
within the miscellaneous special revenue fund - 339 by section
ninety-seven-q of the state finance law, shall be adequate to support
the costs incurred in implementing the programs described in subdivision
one of this section.