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HF 188

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 02/05/2015 03:58pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

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Introduction Posted on 01/15/2015

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A bill for an act
relating to health; amending the responsibility of collection and reporting of
prehospital care data; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 13.3806, by
adding a subdivision; 144E.266; 144E.31, subdivision 3; proposing coding for
new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014,
sections 13.381, subdivision 12; 144E.123, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 13.3806, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:


new text begin Subd. 23. new text end

new text begin Ambulance prehospital care data. new text end

new text begin Ambulance prehospital care data
is governed by section 144.281.
new text end

Sec. 2.

new text begin [144.281] PREHOSPITAL CARE DATA.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Definitions. new text end

new text begin (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions
apply.
new text end

new text begin (b) "Ambulance service licensee" has the definition provided under section
144E.001, subdivision 8.
new text end

new text begin (c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of health.
new text end

new text begin (d) "Prehospital care data" is defined as data identified by the commissioner that is
part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration/National Emergency Medical
Services Information System Emergency Medical Services Data Standard, including:
new text end

new text begin (1) demographic information of the ill or injured person;
new text end

new text begin (2) information about the date, location, and cause of the illness or injury;
new text end

new text begin (3) information about the condition of the ill or injured person; and
new text end

new text begin (4) information about the treatment, comorbidities, medications, and provider
impression of the ill or injured person.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Authority and collection. new text end

new text begin An ambulance service licensee shall maintain
prehospital care data for every response. An ambulance service licensee shall collect
and provide prehospital care data electronically to the commissioner within 30 days of
the date of the incident. The Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board (EMSRB)
must electronically transfer all legacy prehospital care data collected and maintained by
the EMSRB to the commissioner.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Reporting to hospitals. new text end

new text begin If a patient is transported to a hospital, the
ambulance service licensee shall provide to the receiving hospital a copy of the ambulance
report delineating prehospital medical care given. The commissioner may provide an
electronic version of the prehospital care data to the receiving hospital upon request by the
hospital.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Use of data. new text end

new text begin The commissioner shall use the prehospital care data to:
new text end

new text begin (1) improve emergency medical services clinical, system, and operational quality;
new text end

new text begin (2) develop injury and illness prevention efforts;
new text end

new text begin (3) develop treatment protocols;
new text end

new text begin (4) improve outcomes of trauma, stroke, acute myocardial infarction, sudden cardiac
arrest, and other conditions involving emergency medical services; and
new text end

new text begin (5) conduct analysis of utilization and timely access to these services for purposes of
section 62J.311, subdivision 1, clause (3).
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Data classification. new text end

new text begin Prehospital care data collected by the commissioner
on individuals under this section are private data on individuals, as defined in section
13.02, subdivision 12. Prehospital care data not on individuals collected under this section
are nonpublic data as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 9.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Reporting. new text end

new text begin (a) The commissioner shall create annual summary prehospital
care data reports to describe emergency medical services. The reports must include
information relating to trauma, stroke, acute myocardial infarction, sudden cardiac arrest,
and other conditions involving emergency medical services.
new text end

new text begin (b) For purposes of this section, reports created under paragraph (a) are summary data,
as defined under section 13.02, subdivision 19, including nonpublic data not on individuals.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end

new text begin Sharing of data. new text end

new text begin (a) The commissioner shall provide to the EMSRB
private and nonpublic prehospital care data on ambulance services required by the
EMSRB to operate its licensing and regulatory program.
new text end

new text begin (b) The commissioner shall provide to the commissioner of public safety nonpublic
prehospital care data on motor vehicle crashes to reduce deaths and injuries from
automotive travel.
new text end

new text begin (c) The commissioner may provide private and nonpublic prehospital care data to the
National Emergency Medical Services Information System Technical Assistance Center,
or its successor under contract with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144E.266, is amended to read:


144E.266 EMERGENCY SUSPENSION OF AMBULANCE SERVICE
REQUIREMENT.

(a) The requirements of sections 144E.10; 144E.101, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8,
9, 10, 11, and 13
; 144E.103; 144E.12; 144E.121; deleted text begin 144E.123;deleted text end 144E.127; and 144E.15,
are suspended:

(1) throughout the state during a national security emergency declared under section
12.31;

(2) in the geographic areas of the state affected during a peacetime emergency
declared under section 12.31; and

(3) in the geographic areas of the state affected during a local emergency declared
under section 12.29.

(b) For purposes of this section, the geographic areas of the state affected shall
include geographic areas where one or more ambulance services are providing requested
mutual aid to the site of the emergency.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144E.31, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Fine.

(a) The board may order a fine concurrently with the issuance of a
correction order, or after the licensee or education program has not corrected the violation
within the time specified in the correction order.

(b) A licensee or education program that is ordered to pay a fine shall be notified
of the order by certified mail. The notice shall be mailed to the address shown on the
application or the last known address of the licensee or education program. The notice
shall state the reasons the fine was ordered and shall inform the licensee or training
program of the right to a contested case hearing under chapter 14.

(c) A licensee or education program may appeal the order to pay a fine by notifying
the board by certified mail within 15 calendar days after receiving the order. A timely
appeal shall stay payment of the fine until the board issues a final order.

(d) A licensee or education program shall pay the fine assessed on or before the
payment date specified in the board's order. If a licensee or education program fails to
fully comply with the order, the board shall suspend the license or cancel approval until
there is full compliance with the order.

(e) Fines shall be assessed as follows:

deleted text begin (1) $150 for violation of section 144E.123;
deleted text end

deleted text begin (2)deleted text end new text begin (1)new text end $400 for violation of sections 144E.06, 144E.07, 144E.101, 144E.103,
144E.121, 144E.125, 144E.265, 144E.285, and 144E.305;

deleted text begin (3)deleted text end new text begin (2)new text end $750 for violation of rules adopted under section 144E.16, subdivision 4,
clause (8); and

deleted text begin (4)deleted text end new text begin (3)new text end $50 for violation of all other sections under this chapter or rules adopted
under this chapter that are not specifically enumerated in clauses (1) to (3).

(f) Fines collected by the board shall be deposited as nondedicated receipts in the
general fund.

Sec. 5. new text begin REPEALER.
new text end

new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 13.381, subdivision 12; and 144E.123,
subdivisions 1, 2, 3, and 5,
new text end new text begin are repealed.
new text end