1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to health; exempting certain municipally 
  1.3             operated ambulance services from certain license 
  1.4             application requirements; proposing coding for new law 
  1.5             in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144E. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  [144E.115] [MUNICIPALLY OPERATED AMBULANCE 
  1.8   SERVICES.] 
  1.9      (a) Except for the submission of a written application to 
  1.10  the board under section 144E.11, subdivision 1, a municipality 
  1.11  seeking a license to offer ambulance service is exempt from 
  1.12  section 144E.11, if the municipality: 
  1.13     (1) is located within the metropolitan area, as defined 
  1.14  under section 403.02, and has a population of at least 15,000 
  1.15  but no more than 50,000 persons, as determined by the most 
  1.16  recent decennial census; 
  1.17     (2) has more than 400 persons over the age of 65 per square 
  1.18  mile, as determined by the most recent decennial census; and 
  1.19     (3) operates the ambulance service for which it seeks 
  1.20  licensure through a nonvolunteer municipal fire department. 
  1.21     (b) The board shall grant a license to a municipality that 
  1.22  meets the requirements of this section within 30 days after 
  1.23  receiving the municipality's written application. 
  1.24     (c) Notwithstanding section 144E.07, subdivision 3, if, at 
  1.25  the time a license is granted under this section, the primary 
  2.1   service area of an existing ambulance service overlaps with the 
  2.2   geographical boundaries of the municipality, the board shall 
  2.3   direct the existing ambulance service to withdraw service 
  2.4   coverage from that portion of the primary service area that 
  2.5   overlaps with the geographical boundaries of the municipality. 
  2.6      Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.7      Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.