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Bill expands volunteer ambulance reimbursement, adds EMR training and boosts annual aid
Summary
Senate File 11-33 would update Minnesota's volunteer ambulance reimbursement program to include EMR training, raise training reimbursement rates, broaden eligibility to smaller services and add $100,000 in new annual funding to an existing $361,000 appropriation.
Senate File 11-33, carried by Senator Hoffman and supported in committee by Buck McAlpin of the Minnesota Ambulance Association, would update the state's volunteer ambulance reimbursement program to expand eligibility and training support.
The bill would make emergency medical responder (EMR) training reimbursable, increase training reimbursement rates to better reflect current costs, and allow services that respond to 5,000 or fewer calls per year to participate (targeting small, non-urban providers). The bill requests an additional $100,000 annually on top of the existing $361,000 appropriation.
Buck McAlpin told the committee the Minnesota Ambulance Association is focused on workforce and funding and described the program as an existing statute the EMS division has administered; he said the increase would provide more support for smaller providers and training flexibility implemented in prior task force recommendations.
Committee members voiced support for updating training reimbursement and for expanding eligibility to smaller services. The committee laid Senate File 11-33 over for possible inclusion.
