1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public pensions; expanding coverage for certain paramedics and 
1.3 	emergency medical technicians employed by Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc.;
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 353.64, subdivision 10.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 353.64, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 10.Pension coverage for Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc.; paramedics and 
1.8 	emergency medical technicians. An employee of Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc. is a 
1.9 	member of the public employees police and fire retirement plan under sections 353.63 to 
1.10 	353.68 if the person is:
1.11 	(1) certified as a paramedic or emergency medical technician by the state under section 
1.12 	144E.28, subdivision 4;
1.13 	(2) employed full at least half time as a paramedic or emergency medical technician by 
1.14 	Hennepin County Healthcare System, Inc.; and
1.15 	(3) not eligible for coverage under the agreement signed between the state and the 
1.16 	secretary of the federal Department of Health and Human Services making the provisions 
1.17 	of the federal Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Act applicable to paramedics 
1.18 	and emergency medical technicians because the person's position is excluded after that date 
1.19 	from application under United States Code, title 42, sections 418(d)(5)(A) and 418(d)(8)(D), 
1.20 	and section 355.07.
1.21 	Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc. shall deduct the employee contribution from the salary 
1.22 	of each full-time such paramedic and emergency medical technician it employs as required 
1.23 	by section 353.65, subdivision 2, shall make the employer contribution for each full-time
2.1 	such paramedic and emergency medical technician it employs as required by section 353.65, 
2.2 	subdivision 3, and shall meet the employer recording and reporting requirements in section 
2.3 	353.65, subdivision 4.