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Extend suspension of the Ordinance 9 - Section VII, Subsection 1: Staffing
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Resolution:
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BE IT RESOLVED, that the proposed revisions to Hennepin County Ordinance 9 - Emergency Medical Services at Section VII, Subsection 1 (staffing standards) shall remain suspended through March 31, 2026, to allow the Hennepin County Board to review two full years of performance measure data from licensed 9-1-1 EMS Providers in Hennepin County, and any additional data available at that time.
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Background:
In Resolution 22-1055R1 on June 7, 2022, the Hennepin County Board adopted several revisions to Hennepin County Ordinance 9 - Emergency Medical Services (EMS) except proposed changes to the staffing requirement (Section VII, Subsection 1), which would mirror the Advanced Life Support (ALS) and Basic Life Support (BLS) EMS staffing requirements in Minn. Stat. ?144E.101 (144E). Section VII, Subsection 1 of Ordinance 9 was suspended until December 31, 2025 to allow for more time to study the impact of changes to the staffing requirements.
Ordinance 9 had previously required a two-paramedic staffing model (2-medic) for nearly all 9-1-1 EMS responses in Hennepin County; the new staffing standard proposes a minimum of one paramedic and one emergency medical technician (EMT), or the 1-1 model, for 9-1-1 ALS responses and added an option for Basic Life Support (BLS) responses for 9-1-1 requests.
On July 1, 2025, the Public Health Department provided a final report to the Board that supports the proposed revision to Ordinance 9, to adopt Minn. Stat. ?144E.101 staffing standards. The Public Health Department agreed on November 24, 2024, to provide a report on the Hennepin County EMS Council's pre-hospital stroke and trauma performance measures, after a full year of data from 2025 has been collected by the EMS Council Quality Standards Committee.
Continuing the suspension of Ordinance 9 - Section VII: Staffing until March 31, 2026, will allow the ...
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