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The Committee on Transportation (Constantine) recommended the

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following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Delete lines 91 through 101

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and insert:

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to provide financial support to verified trauma centers to ensure

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the availability and accessibility of trauma services throughout

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the state. Funds deposited into the Administrative Trust Fund

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under this section shall be allocated as follows:

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     (a) Twenty-five percent shall be allocated equally among

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all Level I, Level II, and pediatric trauma centers in

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recognition of readiness costs for maintaining trauma services.

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     (b) Twenty-five percent shall be allocated among Level I,

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Level II, and pediatric trauma centers based on each center's

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relative volume of trauma cases as reported in the Department of

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Health Trauma Registry.

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     (c) Twenty-five percent shall be allocated for emergency

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medical services.

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     (d) Twenty-five percent shall be allocated for rural

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emergency medical services.

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     On line 11, after the semicolon,

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insert:

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specifying the allocation of moneys received from the

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increased fine imposed for aggressive careless driving;

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