SF 1132

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 07/09/2025 08:58 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to emergency medical services; establishing an ambulance service training
and staffing grant program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law
in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144E.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

new text begin [144E.38] AMBULANCE SERVICE TRAINING AND STAFFING GRANT
PROGRAM.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Definition. new text end

new text begin For purposes of this section, "employee" has the meaning
given in section 181.960, subdivision 2.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Grant program. new text end

new text begin The director must establish and administer a program to award
grants to eligible ambulance services for certain costs to train ambulance service employees
as emergency medical technicians and staff the ambulance service.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Eligible ambulance services. new text end

new text begin To be eligible for a grant under this section, an
ambulance service must:
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new text begin (1) be licensed under this chapter; and
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new text begin (2) in the calendar year prior to the year in which the ambulance service first applies for
a grant under this section, have had at least 50 percent of its staffing provided by emergency
medical technicians.
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new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Application. new text end

new text begin An eligible ambulance service seeking a grant under this section
must apply to the director in a form and manner and according to a timeline specified by
the director. In its application, the eligible ambulance service must specify the number of
individuals it plans to hire using the grant money, the number of employee training hours
it plans to fund using the grant money, and other information required by the director.
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new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Allowable uses of grant money; maximum grant amount. new text end

new text begin (a) An ambulance
service must use grant money awarded under this section only for one or more of the
following:
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new text begin (1) tuition for employees attending an emergency medical technician (EMT) education
program approved by the director;
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new text begin (2) employee examination fees for EMT certification;
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new text begin (3) fees for background studies for new EMT employees; and
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new text begin (4) incurred wage and benefit costs of employees while attending an EMT education
program or program-related activities. Wage and benefit costs under this clause must be
commensurate with the wages and benefits the ambulance service provides to an entry-level
EMT and must not exceed $26 per hour.
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new text begin (b) The grant amount awarded to an ambulance service must not exceed the amount
needed for the costs in paragraph (a).
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new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Grant program oversight. new text end

new text begin An ambulance service receiving a grant under this
section must provide the director with information necessary for the director to administer
and evaluate the grant program.
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Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION; AMBULANCE SERVICE TRAINING AND STAFFING
GRANT PROGRAM.
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new text begin $750,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $750,000 in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from the
general fund to the Office of Emergency Medical Services for the ambulance service training
and staffing grant program under Minnesota Statutes, section 144E.38.
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