1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to municipal tort liability; limiting 
  1.3             liability for 911 dispatchers providing prearrival 
  1.4             medical instruction; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, 
  1.5             section 466.03, by adding a subdivision. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 466.03, is 
  1.8   amended by adding a subdivision to read:  
  1.9      Subd. 19.  [EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCH.] Any claim based 
  1.10  upon the acts or omissions of a 911 telecommunicator or 
  1.11  dispatcher, who is certified in emergency medical dispatch by a 
  1.12  program incorporating nationally recognized standards, acting in 
  1.13  good faith in providing prearrival medical instruction based 
  1.14  upon the emergency medical dispatch protocols adopted by the 
  1.15  dispatching agency. 
  1.16     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.17     Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment 
  1.18  and applies to causes of action arising on or after that date.