36-3504. Child fatality review fund

A. The child fatality review fund is established consisting of appropriations, monies received pursuant to section  36-341, subsection E and gifts, grants and donations made to the department of health services to implement subsection B of this section. The department of health services shall administer the fund. The department shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, all monies it receives in the fund.

B. The department of health services shall use fund monies to staff the state child fatality review team and the suicide mortality review team and to train and support local child fatality review teams and suicide mortality review teams.

C. Monies spent for the purposes specified in subsection B of this section are subject to legislative appropriation. Any fee revenue collected in excess of $200,000 in any fiscal year is appropriated from the child fatality review fund to the child abuse prevention fund established pursuant to section 8-550.01, subsection A, to be used for healthy start programs.