1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; authorizing the Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board 
1.3 	to propose guidelines authorizing certain personnel to assist with administering 
1.4 	emergency prescription medications and participate in care coordination.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. GUIDELINES AUTHORIZING PATIENT-ASSISTED MEDICATION 
1.7 	ADMINISTRATION.
 1.8 	(a) Within the limits of the board's available appropriation, the Emergency Medical 
1.9 	Services Regulatory Board shall propose guidelines authorizing EMTs, AEMTs, and 
1.10 	paramedics certified under Minnesota Statutes, section 144E.28, to assist a patient in 
1.11 	emergency situations with administering prescription medications that are:
1.12 	(1) carried by a patient;
1.13 	(2) intended to treat adrenal insufficiency or other rare conditions that require emergency 
1.14 	treatment with a previously prescribed medication;
1.15 	(3) intended to treat a specific life-threatening condition; and
1.16 	(4) administered via routes of delivery that are within the scope of training of the EMT, 
1.17 	AEMT, or paramedic.
1.18 	(b) The proposed guidelines shall include language that requires the ambulance service 
1.19 	to be available to patients or their caregivers who have medical conditions identified in 
1.20 	paragraph (a) to define the patient's needs and, when appropriate, develop specific care 
1.21 	plans and provide education or other resources at the discretion of the ambulance service 
1.22 	medical director.
2.1 	(c) The Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board shall submit the proposed 
2.2 	guidelines and draft legislation as necessary to the chairs and ranking minority members of 
2.3 	the legislative committees with jurisdiction over health care by January 1, 2020.

2.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.