Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to health; modifying reimbursement requirements for ambulance attendant
3	3	1.3 education costs; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section
4	4	1.4 144E.35.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144E.35, is amended to read:
7	7	1.7 144E.35 REIMBURSEMENT TO AMBULANCE SERVICES FOR VOLUNTEER
8	8	1.8EDUCATION COSTS.
9	9	1.9 Subdivision 1.Repayment for volunteer Reimbursement for education costs;
10	10	1.10ambulance service eligibility.A licensed ambulance service shall be reimbursed by the
11	11	1.11director for the necessary expense of the initial education of a volunteer ambulance attendant
12	12	1.12upon successful completion by the attendant of an EMT education course, or a continuing
13	13	1.13education course for EMT care, or both, which has been approved by the director, pursuant
14	14	1.14to section 144E.285 (a) Except as provided in subdivision 3, the director must reimburse
15	15	1.15all eligible Minnesota licensed ambulance services that apply for reimbursement under this
16	16	1.16section for the necessary expenses of initial EMR and EMT education and EMR and EMT
17	17	1.17continuing education for ambulance attendants who satisfy the criteria in subdivision 2.
18	18	1.18Reimbursement may include tuition, transportation, food, lodging, hourly payment for the
19	19	1.19time spent in the education course, and other necessary expenditures, except that in no
20	20	1.20instance shall a volunteer licensed ambulance attendant service be reimbursed more than
21	21	1.21$900:
22	22	1.22 (1) $1,200 for an ambulance attendant's successful completion of an initial EMT education
23	23	1.23course, and $375;
24	24	1Section 1.
25	25	25-01675 as introduced01/16/25 REVISOR AGW/AC
26	26	SENATE
27	27	STATE OF MINNESOTA
28	28	S.F. No. 1133NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
29	29	(SENATE AUTHORS: HOFFMAN, Abeler and Lang)
30	30	OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
31	31	Introduction and first reading02/10/2025
32	32	Referred to Health and Human Services 2.1 (2) $400 for an ambulance attendant's successful completion of a an EMT continuing
33	33	2.2education course;
34	34	2.3 (3) $600 for an ambulance attendant's successful completion of an initial EMR education
35	35	2.4course; and
36	36	2.5 (4) $200 for an ambulance attendant's successful completion of an EMR continuing
37	37	2.6education course.
38	38	2.7 (b) To be eligible for reimbursement, a licensed ambulance service must have responded
39	39	2.8to 5,000 or fewer calls in the most recent calendar year.
40	40	2.9 Subd. 2.Reimbursement provisions Ambulance attendant criteria.Reimbursement
41	41	2.10must be paid under provisions of this section when documentation is provided to the director
42	42	2.11that the individual ambulance attendant:
43	43	2.12 (1) successfully completed an initial EMR or EMT education course approved by the
44	44	2.13director under section 144E.285, a continuing education course for EMR or EMT care
45	45	2.14approved by the director under section 144E.285, or both; and
46	46	2.15 (2) has served for one year from the date of the final certification exam as an active
47	47	2.16member of a Minnesota licensed ambulance service.
48	48	2.17 Subd. 3.Discontinuance of reimbursement.If the state is unable to meet its financial
49	49	2.18obligations under subdivision 1 as the obligations become due, the director must take all
50	50	2.19necessary steps to discontinue reimbursing ambulance services for education costs until the
51	51	2.20state is again able to meet the financial obligations under subdivision 1 as the obligations
52	52	2.21become due. An ambulance service whose application is not approved due to lack of funding
53	53	2.22may resubmit the application in the next fiscal year.
54	54	2.23 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATIONS.
55	55	2.24 $100,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $100,000 in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from the
56	56	2.25general fund to the Office of Emergency Medical Services for purposes of Minnesota
57	57	2.26Statutes, section 144E.35.
58	58	2Sec. 2.
59	59	25-01675 as introduced01/16/25 REVISOR AGW/AC