Section 158.1622 - [Effective Until 7/15/2024] School AED fund(1) There is hereby created a trust and agency account to be known as the school AED fund to be administered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, in collaboration with the Department of Education. Amounts deposited in the fund shall be used for the purpose of awarding needs-based grants to public schools for: (a) The purchase and maintenance of portable automated external defibrillators; and(b) The provision of cardiopulmonary resuscitation training.(2) The school AED fund shall consist of any: (a) Appropriations designated for the fund;(b) Funds, grants, and receipts from fundraising activities on behalf of the fund; and(c) Other moneys made available for the purposes of the fund.(3) Notwithstanding KRS 45.229, fund amounts not expended at the close of a fiscal year shall not lapse but shall be carried forward into the next fiscal year.(4) Any interest earnings of the fund shall become a part of the fund and shall not lapse.(5) Moneys deposited in the fund are hereby appropriated for the purposes set forth in this section and shall not be appropriated or transferred by the General Assembly for any other purposes.(6) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to restrict the ability of a school or school district to accept direct private donations for the purchase or maintenance of an automated external defibrillator.Added by 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 165,§ 4, eff. 6/28/2023.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.