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; providing aid to certain licensed ambulance services; requiring
3	3	1.3 reports; appropriating money.
4	4	1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
5	5	1.5 Section 1. AID TO AMBULANCE SERVICES.
6	6	1.6 Subdivision 1.Definitions.(a) For purposes of this section, the definitions in Minnesota
7	7	1.7Statutes, section 144E.001, apply and the terms in this subdivision have the meanings given.
8	8	1.8 (b) "EMS responses" means the number of responses reported to the director by a licensee
9	9	1.9via the Minnesota state ambulance reporting system during the previous calendar year.
10	10	1.10 (c) "Response density" means the quotient of a licensee's EMS responses divided by the
11	11	1.11square mileage of the licensee's primary service area.
12	12	1.12 Subd. 2.Excluded services.The director shall exclude EMS responses by specialized
13	13	1.13life support as described under Minnesota Statutes, section 144E.101, subdivision 9, when
14	14	1.14calculating EMS responses, response density, or aid payments under this section.
15	15	1.15 Subd. 3.Multiple licenses.When a licensee, a licensee's parent company, a subsidiary
16	16	1.16of the licensee, or a subsidiary of the licensee's parent company collectively hold one or
17	17	1.17more licenses, the director must treat all such related licensees as a single licensee and the
18	18	1.18sum of the square mileages of the primary service areas as a single primary service area for
19	19	1.19the purposes of calculating EMS responses, response density, and aid payments under this
20	20	1.20section.
21	21	1Section 1.
22	22	25-03990 as introduced03/05/25 REVISOR AGW/DD
23	23	SENATE
24	24	STATE OF MINNESOTA
25	25	S.F. No. 2538NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
26	26	(SENATE AUTHORS: RASMUSSON, Farnsworth and Lang)
27	27	OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
28	28	Introduction and first reading03/13/2025
29	29	Referred to Health and Human Services 2.1 Subd. 4.Eligible licensees; application process.(a) Only licensees with a response
30	30	2.2density of 30 responses per square mile or fewer are eligible for aid payments under this
31	31	2.3section.
32	32	2.4 (b) An eligible licensee may apply to the director, in the form and manner determined
33	33	2.5by the director, for aid payments under this section.
34	34	2.6 Subd. 5.Director calculations.(a) Prior to determining an aid payment amount for
35	35	2.7eligible applicants, the director must make the calculations in paragraphs (b) to (d).
36	36	2.8 (b) For each eligible applicant, the director shall determine the amount equal to dividing
37	37	2.920 percent of the amount appropriated for aid payments under this section equally among
38	38	2.10all eligible applicants.
39	39	2.11 (c) For each eligible applicant, the director shall determine the amount equal to dividing
40	40	2.1240 percent of the amount appropriated for aid payments under this section by each eligible
41	41	2.13applicant's share of the total square mileage of all eligible applicants' primary service areas.
42	42	2.14For the purposes of both calculating the total square mileage of the primary service areas
43	43	2.15of all eligible applicants and for calculating each eligible applicant's share of the total, the
44	44	2.16square mileage of each eligible applicant's primary service area is capped at 1,200 square
45	45	2.17miles.
46	46	2.18 (d) For each eligible applicant, the director shall determine the amount equal to dividing
47	47	2.1940 percent of the amount appropriated for aid payments under this section by each eligible
48	48	2.20applicant's share of the total EMS response points awarded according to clauses (1) to (4):
49	49	2.21 (1) for EMS response 1 to EMS response 500, a licensee is awarded ten points for each
50	50	2.22EMS response;
51	51	2.23 (2) for EMS response 501 to EMS response 1,500, a licensee is awarded five points for
52	52	2.24each EMS response;
53	53	2.25 (3) for EMS response 1,501 to EMS response 2,500, a licensee is awarded zero points
54	54	2.26for each EMS response; and
55	55	2.27 (4) for EMS response 2,501 and each subsequent EMS response, a licensee's points are
56	56	2.28reduced by two points for each EMS response, except a licensee's total awarded points must
57	57	2.29not be reduced below zero.
58	58	2.30 Subd. 6.Aid amount.The director must make an aid payment to an eligible applicant
59	59	2.31in the amount equal to the sum of the amounts calculated in subdivision 5, paragraphs (b)
60	60	2.32to (d).
61	61	2Section 1.
62	62	25-03990 as introduced03/05/25 REVISOR AGW/DD 3.1 Subd. 7.Eligible uses.A recipient of an aid payment under this section must spend the
63	63	3.2money only on expenses incurred in the provision of licensed ambulance services within
64	64	3.3the recipient's primary service area or areas. A recipient of an aid payment under this section
65	65	3.4must spend the entire amount within two calendar years after receiving the aid. Any unspent
66	66	3.5aid must be returned to the director.
67	67	3.6 Subd. 8.Payment date.The director must certify the aid payment amount for each
68	68	3.7eligible applicant and must make the full aid payment by December 31 of each calendar
69	69	3.8year.
70	70	3.9 Subd. 9.Report.(a) By December 31 of each year following the receipt of an aid payment
71	71	3.10under this section, a recipient of an aid payment must submit to the director a report
72	72	3.11summarizing how the recipient used the revenue from the aid payment made in the preceding
73	73	3.12year.
74	74	3.13 (b) By March 31 of each year following the reporting required under paragraph (a), the
75	75	3.14director must submit to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees
76	76	3.15with jurisdiction over the Office of Emergency Medical Services a report summarizing the
77	77	3.16information provided by aid recipients under paragraph (a).
78	78	3.17 Subd. 10.Appropriation.$15,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $15,000,000 in fiscal
79	79	3.18year 2027 are appropriated from the general fund to the Office of Emergency Medical
80	80	3.19Services for aid payments to eligible applicants under this section.
81	81	3Section 1.
82	82	25-03990 as introduced03/05/25 REVISOR AGW/DD