1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; requiring all 911 public safety answering points 
1.3 	to provide for emergency medical instruction for certain emergency calls; 
1.4 	specifically providing that any expenses related to this change be covered under 
1.5 	the current allowable expenditures for 911 funds;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.6 	2010, section 403.113, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
1.7 	Statutes, chapter 403.
1.8 	BE 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 
1.11 	enhanced 911 service may be spent on enhanced 911 system costs for the purposes stated 
1.12 	in subdivision 1. In addition, money may be spent to lease, purchase, lease-purchase, or 
1.13 	maintain enhanced 911 equipment, including telephone equipment; recording equipment; 
1.14 	computer hardware; computer software for database provisioning, addressing, mapping, 
1.15 	and any other software necessary for automatic location identification or local location 
1.16 	identification; trunk lines; selective routing equipment; the master street address guide; 
1.17 	dispatcher public safety answering point equipment proficiency and operational skills; 
1.18 	pay for long-distance charges incurred due to transferring 911 calls to other jurisdictions; 
1.19 	and the equipment necessary within the public safety answering point for community 
1.20 	alert systems and to notify and communicate with the emergency services requested by 
1.21 	the 911 caller. In addition to the other purposes specified in this subdivision, the money 
1.22 	also may be used for any expenses related to providing prearrival emergency medical 
1.23 	instructions 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 
2.2 	communications centers;
2.3 	(2) mobile communications vehicles, fire engines, ambulances, law enforcement 
2.4 	vehicles, or other emergency vehicles;
2.5 	(3) signs, posts, or other markers related to addressing or any costs associated with 
2.6 	the installation or maintenance of signs, posts, or markers.

2.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2012.

2.8 	Sec. 2. [403.50] EMERGENCY MEDICAL INSTRUCTIONS REQUIRED.
2.9 	All 911 public safety answering points shall provide emergency prearrival medical 
2.10 	instruction to callers reporting a cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, uncontrolled bleeding, 
2.11 	or shock. Each jurisdiction operating a 911 public safety answering point may provide 
2.12 	emergency medical prearrival instruction services directly or by agreement with a hospital, 
2.13 	advanced life support emergency medical service provider recognized by the Emergency 
2.14 	Medical Services Regulatory Board, or other nationally recognized emergency medical 
2.15 	dispatch service provider. If the local jurisdiction provides emergency medical prearrival 
2.16 	instruction services through an agreement with another entity, the actual service provider 
2.17 	must be available via a single button telephone transfer connection at all times.

2.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2012.