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SF2538 (Legislative Session 94 (2025-2026))

Ambulance services aid authorization and appropriation

Related bill: HF2662

AI Generated Summary

Purpose of the Bill

The bill is designed to provide financial aid to certain licensed ambulance services in Minnesota. The support aims to bolster emergency medical services (EMS) by ensuring adequate resources are available for operations, particularly in areas with low response density.

Main Provisions

  • Eligibility for Aid: Ambulance service providers with a response density of 30 responses per square mile or fewer are eligible for financial aid.
  • Exclusion in Response Calculation: EMS responses by specialized life support services are excluded when calculating payments or response density.
  • Financial Calculations:
    • 20% of the total appropriated funds are evenly divided among all eligible applicants.
    • 40% of the funds are distributed relative to each eligible applicant's service area size, capped at 1,200 square miles.
    • Remaining 40% is based on EMS response points, rewarding more frequent responses with a formula that gives more points to certain ranges of response quantities.
  • Aid Utilization: Funds received must be used within two years for ambulance service expenses in their designated areas, with unspent funds returned to the director.

Significant Changes

  • Establishes specific calculations and eligibility criteria for distributing financial aid among ambulance services.
  • Introduces annual reporting requirements for aid recipients, with the director and fiscal committees also involved in reporting and oversight.

Relevant Terms

EMS responses, ambulance services, response density, aid payments, emergency services, appropriations, fiscal support.

Bill text versions

Actions

DateChamberWhereTypeNameCommittee Name
March 12, 2025SenateFloorActionIntroduction and first reading
March 12, 2025SenateFloorActionReferred toHealth and Human Services

Citations

 
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      "summary": "The bill refers to exclusions in the calculation of EMS responses for life support services defined in section 144E.101, subdivision 9.",
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