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