10-1-1308. Grant application -- review -- approval or denial. (1) A member or a family member may apply for a grant authorized under 10-1-1305 on forms provided by and in the manner prescribed by the department.

(2) (a) A committee of three members shall review all applications for needs-based grants and shall recommend to the adjutant general approval or denial of each application.

(b) The committee is composed of the director of the department of public health and human services provided for in 2-15-2201 or the director's designee, the commissioner of labor and industry provided for in 2-15-1701 or the commissioner's designee, and the budget director provided for in 17-7-103 or the budget director's designee.

(3) The adjutant general shall review all grant applications and the recommendations of the committee made under subsection (2) and shall either approve or deny each application pursuant to the rules adopted under 10-1-1307.

(4) The department shall notify the applicant in writing as to whether the applicant's application for a grant is approved or denied.