Bill Text: MN SF363 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Ambulance services licensee reporting of unscheduled prehospital care data requirement and clarification

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-13 - Author stricken Saxhaug [SF363 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2013-SF363-Introduced.html

1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to emergency medical services; modifying certain reporting
1.3requirements;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 144E.123.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 144E.123, is amended to read:
1.6144E.123 UNSCHEDULED PREHOSPITAL CARE DATA.
1.7    Subdivision 1. Collection and maintenance. A licensee shall collect and provide
1.8prehospital care data to the board in a manner prescribed by the board on a quarterly
1.9basis. At a minimum, the data must include items identified by the board that are part of
1.10the National Uniform Emergency Medical Services Data Set. A licensee shall maintain
1.11prehospital care data for every response.
1.12    Subd. 1a. Unscheduled prehospital care data. (a) For purposes of this section,
1.13"prehospital care" means emergency services provided by a licensee in response to 911
1.14calls or other emergency communications.
1.15(b) Prehospital care data includes, but is not limited to, the following information:
1.16(1) the area served by the licensee;
1.17(2) response times;
1.18(3) number of persons served; and
1.19(4) costs of services provided, including amounts billed to patients.
1.20    Subd. 2. Copy to receiving hospital. If a patient is transported to a hospital, a copy
1.21of the ambulance report delineating prehospital medical care given shall be provided
1.22to the receiving hospital.
1.23    Subd. 3. Review. Prehospital care data may be reviewed by the board or its
1.24designees. The data shall be classified as private data on individuals under chapter 13, the
2.1Minnesota Government Data Practices Act. The board must make summary data from
2.2each licensee available to the public upon request pursuant to chapter 13.
2.3    Subd. 5. Working group. By October 1, 2011, the board must convene a working
2.4group composed of six members, three of which must be appointed by the board and three
2.5of which must be appointed by the Minnesota Ambulance Association, to redesign the
2.6board's policies related to collection of data from licenses. The issues to be considered
2.7include, but are not limited to, the following: user-friendly reporting requirements; data
2.8sets; improved accuracy of reported information; appropriate use of information gathered
2.9through the reporting system; and methods for minimizing the financial impact of data
2.10reporting on licenses, particularly for rural volunteer services. The working group must
2.11report its findings and recommendations to the board no later than July 1, 2012.
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