Trauma Care Trust Fund Distribution Formula

Trauma Care Trust Fund Distribution Formula 1. Funds for the administration and development of the Trauma System will be budgeted from available funds from the TCTF. Examples of administrative and development costs include but are not limited to salaries and benefit costs for personnel (full-time and part-time equivalents) who expend a portion of their time in trauma care administration and/or development, travel and training costs for such personnel, use of trauma care physicians and/or other trauma professionals used in the development and/or maintenance of the trauma system, development and/or maintenance of accounting and auditing of the use and distribution of the TCTF, costs of vendors involved in administrative and educational activities, , and the costs associated with the development and/or implementation of the Trauma System (i.e., telecommunication systems, data storage and/or retrieval systems, advertising, equipment, etc.). 2. Eighty-five percent (85%) of the remaining funds from the TCTF are allocated to participating Level I, II and III Trauma Centers and Burn Centers which shall further allocate at least thirty percent (30%) of the funds received to eligible physicians. 3. Fifteen percent (15%) of the remaining funds from the TCTF are allocated to eligible licensed ambulance services that provide pre-hospital care to trauma victims.