Bill Text: MN HF2841 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Emergency medical instruction for emergency calls provision required by all 911 public safety answering points, and any expenses related to this change specifically provided to be covered under the current allowable expenditures for 911 funds.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-14 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance [HF2841 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF2841-Introduced.html
1.2relating to public safety; requiring all 911 public safety answering points
1.3to provide for emergency medical instruction for certain emergency calls;
1.4specifically providing that any expenses related to this change be covered under
1.5the current allowable expenditures for 911 funds;amending Minnesota Statutes
1.62010, section 403.113, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
1.7Statutes, chapter 403.
1.8BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.9 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 403.113, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.10 Subd. 3. Local expenditures. (a) Money distributed under subdivision 2 for
1.11enhanced 911 service may be spent on enhanced 911 system costs for the purposes stated
1.12in subdivision 1. In addition, money may be spent to lease, purchase, lease-purchase, or
1.13maintain enhanced 911 equipment, including telephone equipment; recording equipment;
1.14computer hardware; computer software for database provisioning, addressing, mapping,
1.15and any other software necessary for automatic location identification or local location
1.16identification; trunk lines; selective routing equipment; the master street address guide;
1.17dispatcher public safety answering point equipment proficiency and operational skills;
1.18pay for long-distance charges incurred due to transferring 911 calls to other jurisdictions;
1.19and the equipment necessary within the public safety answering point for community
1.20alert systems and to notify and communicate with the emergency services requested by
1.21the 911 caller. In addition to the other purposes specified in this subdivision, the money
1.22also may be used for any expenses related to providing prearrival emergency medical
1.23instructions under section 403.50.
1.24(b) Money distributed for enhanced 911 service may not be spent on:
2.1(1) purchasing or leasing of real estate or cosmetic additions to or remodeling of
2.2communications centers;
2.3(2) mobile communications vehicles, fire engines, ambulances, law enforcement
2.4vehicles, or other emergency vehicles;
2.5(3) signs, posts, or other markers related to addressing or any costs associated with
2.6the installation or maintenance of signs, posts, or markers.
2.7EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2012.
2.8 Sec. 2. [403.50] EMERGENCY MEDICAL INSTRUCTIONS REQUIRED.
2.9All 911 public safety answering points shall provide emergency prearrival medical
2.10instruction to callers reporting a cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, uncontrolled bleeding,
2.11or shock. Each jurisdiction operating a 911 public safety answering point may provide
2.12emergency medical prearrival instruction services directly or by agreement with a hospital,
2.13advanced life support emergency medical service provider recognized by the Emergency
2.14Medical Services Regulatory Board, or other nationally recognized emergency medical
2.15dispatch service provider. If the local jurisdiction provides emergency medical prearrival
2.16instruction services through an agreement with another entity, the actual service provider
2.17must be available via a single button telephone transfer connection at all times.
2.18EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2012.
1.3to provide for emergency medical instruction for certain emergency calls;
1.4specifically providing that any expenses related to this change be covered under
1.5the current allowable expenditures for 911 funds;amending Minnesota Statutes
1.62010, section 403.113, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
1.7Statutes, chapter 403.
1.8BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.9 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 403.113, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.10 Subd. 3. Local expenditures. (a) Money distributed under subdivision 2 for
1.11enhanced 911 service may be spent on enhanced 911 system costs for the purposes stated
1.12in subdivision 1. In addition, money may be spent to lease, purchase, lease-purchase, or
1.13maintain enhanced 911 equipment, including telephone equipment; recording equipment;
1.14computer hardware; computer software for database provisioning, addressing, mapping,
1.15and any other software necessary for automatic location identification or local location
1.16identification; trunk lines; selective routing equipment; the master street address guide;
1.17dispatcher public safety answering point equipment proficiency and operational skills;
1.18pay for long-distance charges incurred due to transferring 911 calls to other jurisdictions;
1.19and the equipment necessary within the public safety answering point for community
1.20alert systems and to notify and communicate with the emergency services requested by
1.21the 911 caller. In addition to the other purposes specified in this subdivision, the money
1.22also may be used for any expenses related to providing prearrival emergency medical
1.23instructions under section 403.50.
1.24(b) Money distributed for enhanced 911 service may not be spent on:
2.1(1) purchasing or leasing of real estate or cosmetic additions to or remodeling of
2.2communications centers;
2.3(2) mobile communications vehicles, fire engines, ambulances, law enforcement
2.4vehicles, or other emergency vehicles;
2.5(3) signs, posts, or other markers related to addressing or any costs associated with
2.6the installation or maintenance of signs, posts, or markers.
2.7EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2012.
2.8 Sec. 2. [403.50] EMERGENCY MEDICAL INSTRUCTIONS REQUIRED.
2.9All 911 public safety answering points shall provide emergency prearrival medical
2.10instruction to callers reporting a cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, uncontrolled bleeding,
2.11or shock. Each jurisdiction operating a 911 public safety answering point may provide
2.12emergency medical prearrival instruction services directly or by agreement with a hospital,
2.13advanced life support emergency medical service provider recognized by the Emergency
2.14Medical Services Regulatory Board, or other nationally recognized emergency medical
2.15dispatch service provider. If the local jurisdiction provides emergency medical prearrival
2.16instruction services through an agreement with another entity, the actual service provider
2.17must be available via a single button telephone transfer connection at all times.
2.18EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2012.
