1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; modifying a reporting requirement for reports of service by 
1.3 	qualified ambulance service personnel for the Cooper/Sams volunteer ambulance 
1.4 	program.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. VERIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION OF QUALIFIED AMBULANCE 
1.7 	SERVICE PERSONNEL; COOPER/SAMS VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE 
1.8 	PROGRAM.
 1.9 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 144E.41, paragraph (e), the Emergency 
1.10 	Medical Services Regulatory Board shall accept, for purposes of determining credited 
1.11 	ambulance service for Minnesota Statutes, section 144E.46, verification of performance 
1.12 	and certification of service as ambulance attendants, ambulance drivers, ambulance service 
1.13 	medical directors, or medical advisors for persons for the reporting period of July 1, 2020, 
1.14 	to June 30, 2021, if the verification of performance and certification of service:
1.15 	(1) was not submitted prior to the August 1, 2021, deadline for this reporting period;
1.16 	(2) is submitted in a notarized affidavit to the Emergency Medical Services Regulatory 
1.17 	Board no later than August 1, 2022; and
1.18 	(3) is submitted by the chief administrative officer of a city ambulance service that 
1.19 	provides basic life support services and is staffed with volunteers.

1.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.