Bill Text: MN SF2302 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Local governments emergency medical services primary service areas designation and ambulance assignment authority
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-08 - Referred to Health and Human Services [SF2302 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF2302-Introduced.html
1.2relating to emergency medical services; permitting local units of government
1.3to designate primary services areas and assign ambulance service to the area;
1.4amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 144E.06; 144E.10, subdivision 2.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 144E.06, is amended to read:
1.7144E.06 PRIMARY SERVICE AREAS.
1.8 Subdivision 1. Definitions.The board shall adopt rules defining primary service
1.9areas under which the board shall designate each licensed ambulance service as serving
1.10a primary service area or areas. For the purposes of this section, "metropolitan local
1.11unit of government" means a statutory or home rule charter city, county, or town in the
1.12metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2.
1.13 Subd. 2. Metropolitan local government designation. A metropolitan local unit of
1.14government may by resolution designate a primary service area within its jurisdiction and
1.15may 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
1.17service areas and shall designate a licensed ambulance service to serve a primary service
1.18area or areas outside a primary service area designated by a metropolitan local unit of
1.19government under subdivision 2.
1.20(b) The board must ensure that all areas of the state have a licensed ambulance
1.21service 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 shallnot issue a license
2.2authorizing the operation of a new ambulance service, provision of a new type or types
2.3of ambulance service by an existing service, oran expanded expansion of a primary
2.4service area for an existing serviceunless if the requirements of this section and sections
2.5144E.101
to
144E.127 and
144E.18 are met.
1.3to designate primary services areas and assign ambulance service to the area;
1.4amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 144E.06; 144E.10, subdivision 2.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 144E.06, is amended to read:
1.7144E.06 PRIMARY SERVICE AREAS.
1.8 Subdivision 1. Definitions.
1.9
1.10
1.11unit of government" means a statutory or home rule charter city, county, or town in the
1.12metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2.
1.13 Subd. 2. Metropolitan local government designation. A metropolitan local unit of
1.14government may by resolution designate a primary service area within its jurisdiction and
1.15may 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
1.17service areas and shall designate a licensed ambulance service to serve a primary service
1.18area or areas outside a primary service area designated by a metropolitan local unit of
1.19government under subdivision 2.
1.20(b) The board must ensure that all areas of the state have a licensed ambulance
1.21service 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
2.2authorizing the operation of a new ambulance service, provision of a new type or types
2.3of ambulance service by an existing service, or
2.4service area for an existing service
