1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; changing requirements for interfacility transports;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144E.101, subdivision 4.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144E.101, subdivision 4, is amended to 
1.6 	read:
1.7 		Subd. 4.Denial of service prohibited. An ambulance service shall not deny 
1.8 	prehospital care to a person needing emergency ambulance service because of inability 
1.9 	to pay or because of the source of payment for services if the need develops within the 
1.10 	licensee's primary service area or when responding to a mutual aid call. Transport for the 
1.11 	patient may be limited to the closest appropriate emergency medical facility. Ambulance 
1.12 	services are not required to respond to requests for interfacility transports. Decisions 
1.13 	regarding policies on interfacility transports shall be made by the ambulance service's 
1.14 	medical director.