Rural EMS uncompensated care pool payment program establishment and appropriation

SF 3510 establishes a state-funded program to reimburse rural ambulance services for unpaid emergency medical responses. It directly affects eligible rural ambulance licensees (operating outside Minnesota's metropolitan counties) that provided emergency services without receiving payment. The program calculates payments using a tiered point system: 10 points per response for the first 25, decreasing to 1 point for 101-200 responses, with no points for more than 200. The state appropriates $3 million from the general fund for fiscal year 2026 to cover these payments, which must be applied for by March 31, 2026, and distributed by May 30, 2026.