1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to emergency medical services; establishing an ambulance service training
1.3 and staffing grant program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law
1.4 in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144E.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. [144E.38] AMBULANCE SERVICE TRAINING AND STAFFING GRANT
1.7PROGRAM.
1.8 Subdivision 1.Definition.For purposes of this section, "employee" has the meaning
1.9given in section 181.960, subdivision 2.
1.10 Subd. 2.Grant program.The director must establish and administer a program to award
1.11grants to eligible ambulance services for certain costs to train ambulance service employees
1.12as emergency medical technicians and staff the ambulance service.
1.13 Subd. 3.Eligible ambulance services.To be eligible for a grant under this section, an
1.14ambulance service must:
1.15 (1) be licensed under this chapter; and
1.16 (2) in the calendar year prior to the year in which the ambulance service first applies for
1.17a grant under this section, have had at least 50 percent of its staffing provided by emergency
1.18medical technicians.
1.19 Subd. 4.Application.An eligible ambulance service seeking a grant under this section
1.20must apply to the director in a form and manner and according to a timeline specified by
1.21the director. In its application, the eligible ambulance service must specify the number of
1Section 1.
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SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 1132NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: HOFFMAN, Abeler and Lang)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
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Referred to Health and Human Services 2.1individuals it plans to hire using the grant money, the number of employee training hours
2.2it plans to fund using the grant money, and other information required by the director.
2.3 Subd. 5.Allowable uses of grant money; maximum grant amount.(a) An ambulance
2.4service must use grant money awarded under this section only for one or more of the
2.5following:
2.6 (1) tuition for employees attending an emergency medical technician (EMT) education
2.7program approved by the director;
2.8 (2) employee examination fees for EMT certification;
2.9 (3) fees for background studies for new EMT employees; and
2.10 (4) incurred wage and benefit costs of employees while attending an EMT education
2.11program or program-related activities. Wage and benefit costs under this clause must be
2.12commensurate with the wages and benefits the ambulance service provides to an entry-level
2.13EMT and must not exceed $26 per hour.
2.14 (b) The grant amount awarded to an ambulance service must not exceed the amount
2.15needed for the costs in paragraph (a).
2.16 Subd. 6.Grant program oversight.An ambulance service receiving a grant under this
2.17section must provide the director with information necessary for the director to administer
2.18and evaluate the grant program.
2.19 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; AMBULANCE SERVICE TRAINING AND STAFFING
2.20GRANT PROGRAM.
2.21 $750,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $750,000 in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from the
2.22general fund to the Office of Emergency Medical Services for the ambulance service training
2.23and staffing grant program under Minnesota Statutes, section 144E.38.
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