North Dakota legislation · 69th Legislative Assembly
North Dakota HB1597: AN ACT to provide an exemption; and to provide for the distribution of state financial assistance to eligible ambulance service operations.
Status: Signed into law, April 21, 2025
What the bill says
An act to provide an exemption; and to provide for the distribution of state financial assistance to eligible ambulance service operations.
From the enrolled text, April 9, 2025:
AN ACT to provide an exemption; and to provide for the distribution of state financial assistance to eligible ambulance service operations. SECTION 1. EXEMPTION - AMBULANCE SERVICE OPERATION FUNDING DISTRIBUTION. Notwithstanding section 23-46-04 relating to state financial assistance for emergency medical services, during the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027, the department of health and human services, in consultation with the emergency medical services advisory council, shall provide state financial assistance to each eligible ambulance service operation pursuant to the following calculation: 1. The minimum reasonable budget for each operation must be determined by adding the product of the operation's average number of runs for the two most recent calendar years multiplied by the cost of a run. The cost of a run for this biennium is two thousand twenty-three dollars. If the average runs multiplied by the cost of a run equals less than one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars, the minimum reasonable budget for that ambulance service is one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars. The grant amount must be the lesser or b. The cost of a run multiplied by the average number of runs. 2. The operation's grant amount must be determined by deducting the following amounts from the operation's budget calculated under subsection 1: a. The product of the operation's average number of runs …
Sponsors
- Patrick Heinert (R, 32) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Filed with Secretary Of State 04/17
- : Signed by Governor 04/15
- : Sent to Governor
- : Signed by Speaker
- : Signed by President
- : Second reading, passed, yeas 83 nays 6
- : Concurred
- : Returned to House (12)
- : Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 44 nays 0
- : Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
Votes
- Final Passage (April 7, 2025): 83 yea, 6 nay, passed
- Final Passage (March 24, 2025): 44 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Final Passage (February 24, 2025): 85 yea, 8 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB1597?
- HB1597 is a bill in the North Dakota Legislature (69th Legislative Assembly): AN ACT to provide an exemption; and to provide for the distribution of state financial assistance to eligible ambulance service operations.
- What does HB1597 do?
- In its own words: An act to provide an exemption; and to provide for the distribution of state financial assistance to eligible ambulance service operations.
- What is the status of HB1597?
- Signed into law as of April 21, 2025. Latest action: Filed with Secretary Of State 04/17 (April 21, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB1597?
- Patrick Heinert (R, 32).
- Where is the official record for HB1597?
- On the North Dakota Legislature website: https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-overview/bo1597.html
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