Bill Text: MN HF1967 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Covered driver assessment established, revenues deposited into a new account in the state government special revenue fund, and trauma hospitals and other related services funding provided.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-25 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services Policy [HF1967 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF1967-Introduced.html
1.2relating to health; establishing a covered driver assessment; depositing revenues
1.3into a new account in the state government special revenue fund; providing
1.4funding to trauma hospitals and other related services;proposing coding for new
1.5law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 16A; 144; 297I.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. [16A.728] TRAUMA HOSPITAL AND EMS ACCOUNT.
1.8A trauma hospital and emergency medical service (EMS) account is created in the
1.9state government special revenue fund. The commissioner shall deposit to the credit of the
1.10account all money made available to the account. Money in the account shall be transferred
1.11annually to the commissioner of health for the purposes specified in section 144.6081.
1.12EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2014.
1.13 Sec. 2. [144.6081] LEVEL OF READINESS TRAUMA HOSPITAL AND EMS
1.14INITIATIVES.
1.15 Subdivision 1. Distribution. (a) The commissioner, through the state Trauma
1.16Advisory Council established under section 144.608, shall manage and distribute the
1.17annual transfer from the trauma hospital and emergency medical services (EMS) account
1.18under section 16A.728. The annual transfer shall be distributed as provided by this
1.19section, beginning with the 2015 calendar year.
1.20(b) Prior to distributing funds under this section, the commissioner may use up to
1.21$....... of each annual transfer from the trauma hospital and EMS account for costs related
1.22to operation of the overall statewide trauma system.
2.1 Subd. 2. Payments to trauma hospitals. The commissioner shall distribute
2.275 percent of the annual transfer as annual payments to trauma hospitals located in
2.3Minnesota. Trauma hospitals shall use these payments to maintain a level of readiness
2.4for trauma and emergency medical service (EMS) care, including trauma and EMS
2.5staffing costs, education, equipment, and EMS registry costs. The commissioner shall
2.6distribute payments to trauma hospitals in proportion to their share of trauma patients with
2.7a calculated injury severity score (ISS) of greater than eight, for the calendar year prior
2.8to the calendar year during which the annual payment is made, and calculated using an
2.9established and recognized injury severity score model recommended by the state Trauma
2.10Advisory Council. Trauma patients and the corresponding ISS must be calculated and
2.11submitted by each trauma hospital to the commissioner through the statewide trauma
2.12registry established under section 144.6071.
2.13 Subd. 3. Air and ground ambulance services. The commissioner shall distribute
2.1415 percent of the annual transfer as annual payments to emergency ambulance services
2.15licensed under chapter 144E. The transfer must be divided equally between air medical
2.16and ground emergency ambulance services. For each type of ambulance service, the
2.17annual payment must be distributed to ambulance services in proportion to their share
2.18of trauma patients transported with a Glasgow coma scale score of seven or below,
2.19for the calendar year prior to the calendar year for which the annual payment is made.
2.20Trauma patients and their corresponding Glasgow coma scale scores must be reported
2.21electronically by each ambulance service to the Emergency Medical Services Regulatory
2.22Board according to section 144E.123, subdivision 1. The Emergency Medical Services
2.23Regulatory Board must provide these data elements to the commissioner at intervals
2.24necessary to ensure timely distribution of funds.
2.25 Subd. 4. Trauma coordination and training. (a) The commissioner shall distribute
2.26five percent of the annual transfer as annual payments to regional trauma advisory councils
2.27(RTACs) recognized by the state Trauma Advisory Council. The commissioner shall
2.28distribute the allocation equally among the eight regional EMS regions.
2.29(b) The commissioner shall distribute five percent of the annual transfer as an annual
2.30payment to the comprehensive advanced life support (CALS) training program to be
2.31used for trauma coordination and training.
2.32EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2015.
2.33 Sec. 3. [297I.07] COVERED DRIVER ASSESSMENT; TRAUMA HOSPITAL
2.34AND EMS ACCOUNT.
3.1 Subdivision 1. Assessment on policies. (a) Each licensed insurer engaged in writing
3.2insurance shall pay a covered driver assessment to the commissioner of commerce equal to
3.3$10 per vehicle for every 12 months of coverage, on each policy issued or renewed during
3.4a calendar year for automobile insurance as defined in section 65B.14, subdivision 2.
3.5(b) The covered driver assessment amount collected under this subdivision must
3.6not be considered a premium for any other purpose. The amount of the covered driver
3.7assessment must be stated separately on either a billing or policy declaration or document
3.8containing similar information sent to an insured.
3.9 Subd. 2. Deposit of revenues. The commissioner of commerce shall deposit
3.10revenues from the covered driver assessment into the trauma hospital and EMS account
3.11established under section 16A.728.
3.12EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2014, and applies to policies
3.13offered, issued, or renewed on or after that date.
1.3into a new account in the state government special revenue fund; providing
1.4funding to trauma hospitals and other related services;proposing coding for new
1.5law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 16A; 144; 297I.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. [16A.728] TRAUMA HOSPITAL AND EMS ACCOUNT.
1.8A trauma hospital and emergency medical service (EMS) account is created in the
1.9state government special revenue fund. The commissioner shall deposit to the credit of the
1.10account all money made available to the account. Money in the account shall be transferred
1.11annually to the commissioner of health for the purposes specified in section 144.6081.
1.12EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2014.
1.13 Sec. 2. [144.6081] LEVEL OF READINESS TRAUMA HOSPITAL AND EMS
1.14INITIATIVES.
1.15 Subdivision 1. Distribution. (a) The commissioner, through the state Trauma
1.16Advisory Council established under section 144.608, shall manage and distribute the
1.17annual transfer from the trauma hospital and emergency medical services (EMS) account
1.18under section 16A.728. The annual transfer shall be distributed as provided by this
1.19section, beginning with the 2015 calendar year.
1.20(b) Prior to distributing funds under this section, the commissioner may use up to
1.21$....... of each annual transfer from the trauma hospital and EMS account for costs related
1.22to operation of the overall statewide trauma system.
2.1 Subd. 2. Payments to trauma hospitals. The commissioner shall distribute
2.275 percent of the annual transfer as annual payments to trauma hospitals located in
2.3Minnesota. Trauma hospitals shall use these payments to maintain a level of readiness
2.4for trauma and emergency medical service (EMS) care, including trauma and EMS
2.5staffing costs, education, equipment, and EMS registry costs. The commissioner shall
2.6distribute payments to trauma hospitals in proportion to their share of trauma patients with
2.7a calculated injury severity score (ISS) of greater than eight, for the calendar year prior
2.8to the calendar year during which the annual payment is made, and calculated using an
2.9established and recognized injury severity score model recommended by the state Trauma
2.10Advisory Council. Trauma patients and the corresponding ISS must be calculated and
2.11submitted by each trauma hospital to the commissioner through the statewide trauma
2.12registry established under section 144.6071.
2.13 Subd. 3. Air and ground ambulance services. The commissioner shall distribute
2.1415 percent of the annual transfer as annual payments to emergency ambulance services
2.15licensed under chapter 144E. The transfer must be divided equally between air medical
2.16and ground emergency ambulance services. For each type of ambulance service, the
2.17annual payment must be distributed to ambulance services in proportion to their share
2.18of trauma patients transported with a Glasgow coma scale score of seven or below,
2.19for the calendar year prior to the calendar year for which the annual payment is made.
2.20Trauma patients and their corresponding Glasgow coma scale scores must be reported
2.21electronically by each ambulance service to the Emergency Medical Services Regulatory
2.22Board according to section 144E.123, subdivision 1. The Emergency Medical Services
2.23Regulatory Board must provide these data elements to the commissioner at intervals
2.24necessary to ensure timely distribution of funds.
2.25 Subd. 4. Trauma coordination and training. (a) The commissioner shall distribute
2.26five percent of the annual transfer as annual payments to regional trauma advisory councils
2.27(RTACs) recognized by the state Trauma Advisory Council. The commissioner shall
2.28distribute the allocation equally among the eight regional EMS regions.
2.29(b) The commissioner shall distribute five percent of the annual transfer as an annual
2.30payment to the comprehensive advanced life support (CALS) training program to be
2.31used for trauma coordination and training.
2.32EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2015.
2.33 Sec. 3. [297I.07] COVERED DRIVER ASSESSMENT; TRAUMA HOSPITAL
2.34AND EMS ACCOUNT.
3.1 Subdivision 1. Assessment on policies. (a) Each licensed insurer engaged in writing
3.2insurance shall pay a covered driver assessment to the commissioner of commerce equal to
3.3$10 per vehicle for every 12 months of coverage, on each policy issued or renewed during
3.4a calendar year for automobile insurance as defined in section 65B.14, subdivision 2.
3.5(b) The covered driver assessment amount collected under this subdivision must
3.6not be considered a premium for any other purpose. The amount of the covered driver
3.7assessment must be stated separately on either a billing or policy declaration or document
3.8containing similar information sent to an insured.
3.9 Subd. 2. Deposit of revenues. The commissioner of commerce shall deposit
3.10revenues from the covered driver assessment into the trauma hospital and EMS account
3.11established under section 16A.728.
3.12EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2014, and applies to policies
3.13offered, issued, or renewed on or after that date.
