1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to emergency medical services; permitting local units of government 
1.3 	to designate primary services areas and assign ambulance service to the area; 
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 144E.06; 144E.10, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 144E.06, is amended to read:
1.7 	144E.06 PRIMARY SERVICE AREAS.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. ~~The board shall adopt rules defining primary service~~ 
1.9 	~~areas under which the board shall designate each licensed ambulance service as serving~~ 
1.10 	~~a primary service area or areas.~~ For the purposes of this section, "metropolitan local 
1.11 	unit of government" means a statutory or home rule charter city, county, or town in the 
1.12 	metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2.
1.13 		Subd. 2.Metropolitan local government designation.  A metropolitan local unit of 
1.14 	government may by resolution designate a primary service area within its jurisdiction and 
1.15 	may assign a licensed ambulance service to serve that primary service area.
1.16 		Subd. 3.Board designation. (a) The board may adopt rules defining primary 
1.17 	service areas and shall designate a licensed ambulance service to serve a primary service 
1.18 	area or areas outside a primary service area designated by a metropolitan local unit of 
1.19 	government under subdivision 2.
1.20 	(b) The board must ensure that all areas of the state have a licensed ambulance 
1.21 	service designated to provide service as part of its primary service area.

1.22 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 144E.10, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.1 		Subd. 2.Requirements for new licenses. The board shall ~~not~~ issue a license 
2.2 	authorizing the operation of a new ambulance service, provision of a new type or types 
2.3 	of ambulance service by an existing service, or ~~an expanded~~ expansion of a primary 
2.4 	service area for an existing service ~~unless~~ if the requirements of this section and sections 
2.5 	144E.101 to 144E.127 and 144E.18 are met.