| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to public safety; providing service line of duty death benefits for part-time, |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 paid on-call, and volunteer firefighters; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 299A.41, subdivision 4. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.41, subdivision 4, is amended to read: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Subd. 4.Public safety officer.(a) "Public safety officer" includes: |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 (1) a peace officer defined in section 626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph (c) or (d); |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9 (2) a correction officer employed at a correctional facility and charged with maintaining |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10the safety, security, discipline, and custody of inmates at the facility; |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11 (3) a corrections staff person working in a public agency and supervising offenders in |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12the community as defined in sections 243.05, subdivision 6; 244.19, subdivision 1; and |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13401.01, subdivision 2; |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14 (4) an individual employed on a full-time basis by the state or by a fire department of a |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15governmental subdivision of the state a full-time firefighter or part-time firefighter working |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16for the state or for a fire department of a governmental subdivision of the state or a volunteer |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17firefighter or paid on-call firefighter working for a fire department of a governmental |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18subdivision of the state or an independent nonprofit firefighting corporation, who is engaged |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19in any of the following duties: |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20 (i) nonroutine stressful or strenuous physical firefighting; |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21 (ii) training exercise that is nonroutine stressful or strenuous physical activity; |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 25-04934 as introduced03/20/25 REVISOR KLL/ES |
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| 24 | 24 | | SENATE |
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| 25 | 25 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 26 | 26 | | S.F. No. 3030NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 27 | 27 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: LANG) |
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| 28 | 28 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 29 | 29 | | Introduction and first reading03/27/2025 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety 2.1 (ii) (iii) emergency motor vehicle operation; |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2.2 (iii) (iv) investigation into the cause and origin of fires; |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.3 (iv) (v) the provision of emergency medical services; or |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.4 (v) (vi) hazardous material responder; |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.5 (5) a legally enrolled member of a volunteer fire department or member of an independent |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.6nonprofit firefighting corporation who is engaged in the hazards of firefighting; |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.7 (6) (5) a good samaritan while complying with the request or direction of a public safety |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.8officer to assist the officer; |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.9 (7) (6) a reserve police officer or a reserve deputy sheriff while acting under the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.10supervision and authority of a political subdivision; |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.11 (8) (7) a driver or attendant with a licensed basic or advanced life-support transportation |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.12service who is engaged in providing emergency care; |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.13 (9) (8) a first responder who is certified by the director of the Office of Emergency |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.14Medical Services to perform basic emergency skills before the arrival of a licensed ambulance |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.15service and who is a member of an organized service recognized by a local political |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2.16subdivision to respond to medical emergencies to provide initial medical care before the |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2.17arrival of an ambulance; and |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2.18 (10) (9) a person, other than a state trooper, employed by the commissioner of public |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2.19safety and assigned to the State Patrol, whose primary employment duty is either Capitol |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2.20security or the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle laws and regulations. |
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| 50 | 50 | | 2.21 (b) For purposes of paragraph (a), clause (4), "volunteer firefighter," "paid on-call |
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| 51 | 51 | | 2.22firefighter," "part-time firefighter," and "full-time firefighter" have the meanings given in |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2.23section 424A.001, subdivisions 10 to 10c. For purposes of paragraph (a), clause (4), items |
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| 53 | 53 | | 2.24(i) and (ii), "nonroutine stressful or strenuous physical" excludes actions of a clerical, |
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| 54 | 54 | | 2.25administrative, or nonmanual nature. |
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| 55 | 55 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 56 | 56 | | 25-04934 as introduced03/20/25 REVISOR KLL/ES |
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