Section 29-5-604 - Employer participation in health trust required - cardiovascular screening for peace officers(1) An employer shall participate in a trust in order to provide the program specified in this section for its peace officers. If at any time the funding provided pursuant to subsection (3) of this section is insufficient to cover the cost of the program required by this section, the requirement to participate in the program becomes optional pursuant to section 29-1-304.5.(2) A trust must provide a program that is planned, organized, operated, and maintained to cover the costs associated with cardiovascular screenings, at a minimum, and other health screenings and prevention, as practicable, for peace officers.(3)(a)(I) The general assembly shall appropriate money from the general fund or any other authorized source to the division of criminal justice within the department of public safety for the purpose of reimbursing a multiple employer health trust for the direct costs of providing a program as required by this part 6 as follows: (A) For the state fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2024, the general assembly shall appropriate two hundred thousand dollars from the general fund to the division of criminal justice in the department of public safety to be used for the purpose set forth in subsection (3)(a)(I) of this section;(B) For the state fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2025, the general assembly shall appropriate two hundred fifty thousand dollars from the general fund to the division of criminal justice in the department of public safety to be used for the purpose set forth in subsection (3)(a)(I) of this section;(C) For the state fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2026, the general assembly shall appropriate three hundred fifty thousand dollars from the general fund to the division of criminal justice in the department of public safety to be used for the purpose set forth in subsection (3)(a)(I) of this section;(D) For the state fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2027, the general assembly shall appropriate five hundred thousand dollars from the general fund to the division of criminal justice in the department of public safety to be used for the purpose set forth in subsection (3)(a)(I) of this section; and(E) For the state fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2028, the general assembly shall appropriate one million dollars from the general fund, and on each July 1 thereafter, the general assembly shall appropriate sufficient funds, subject to annual appropriation, to the division of criminal justice in the department of public safety to be used for the purpose set forth in subsection (3)(a)(I) of this section.(II) The division of criminal justice may seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, or donations from private or public sources for the purposes of This part 6.(b) The division of criminal justice shall use money appropriated pursuant to subsection (3)(a)(I) of this section or received through gifts, grants, or donations pursuant to subsection (3)(a)(II) of this section to reimburse a multiple employer health trust for the direct costs of providing a program as required by this part 6.(4) An employer may consent to participate in a voluntary health screening and prevention program, if the program becomes optional pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, by contributing into a multiple employer health trust as set forth in section 10-3-903.5 (7)(b)(I), which trust is established for the purposes of this part 6. The contribution levels and award level definitions will be set by the trust.Added by 2024 Ch. 282,§ 5, eff. 5/29/2024.