1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; appropriating money for the Cooper/Sams volunteer ambulance 
1.3 	program and the Cooper/Sams volunteer ambulance trust account.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS; COOPER/SAMS VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE 
1.6 	PROGRAM AND COOPER/SAMS VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE TRUST ACCOUNT.
 1.7 	(a) $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2019 are appropriated 
1.8 	from the general fund to the Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board for the 
1.9 	Cooper/Sams volunteer ambulance program under Minnesota Statutes, section 144E.40. Of 
1.10 	these amounts:
1.11 	(1) $911,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $911,000 in fiscal year 2019 are for the ambulance 
1.12 	service personnel longevity award and incentive program under Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.13 	144E.40; and
1.14 	(2) $89,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $89,000 in fiscal year 2019 are for the operation of 
1.15 	the ambulance service personnel longevity award and incentive program under Minnesota 
1.16 	Statutes, section 144E.40.
1.17 	(b) $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.18 	Cooper/Sams volunteer ambulance trust account under Minnesota Statutes, section 144E.42. 
1.19 	This is a onetime appropriation.