MN SF4266

Establishes an 11-member Emergency Medical Services Task Force to evaluate and make recommendations on improving emergency medical services in Minnesota, including modernization, education and training requirements, and coordination between ambulance services and hospitals.

Task force membership includes one state senator, one representative, commissioners of public safety and health, and seven governor-appointed members, with appointments required by August 1, 2020 and first meeting by August 15, 2020.

Task force must submit a written report by January 1, 2022 to legislative committees with jurisdiction over health and human services and public safety, and expires upon submission of the report or January 1, 2022, whichever is later.

Appropriates $250,000 in fiscal year 2021 to the Department of Health for task force operations and $200,000 to the Department of Employment and Economic Development for a grant program promoting ambulance service volunteer retention.

Appropriates $250,000 to the Department of Education for ambulance service personnel training programs at secondary schools in partnership with postsecondary institutions, $100,000 for community education programs, and $150,000 to Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for expanded training programs, with 80 percent of education grants directed to school districts outside the seven-county metropolitan area.