Bill Text: CA ACR84 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Emergency Medical Services Week.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 64-24)
Status: (Passed) 2014-06-10 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 53, Statutes of 2014. [ACR84 Detail]
Download: California-2013-ACR84-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: ACR 84 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
RESOLUTION CHAPTER 53
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE JUNE 10, 2014
ADOPTED IN SENATE JUNE 5, 2014
ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 15, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 15, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 13, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Rodriguez
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins,
Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brown, Ian Calderon, Chávez, Cooley, Hall,
Holden, Salas, Ting, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, Alejo, Bigelow,
Bocanegra, Bradford, Buchanan, Campos, Chau, Chesbro, Conway,
Dababneh, Dahle, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier,
Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray,
Grove, Hagman, Harkey, Roger Hernández, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine,
Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Medina, Melendez, Mullin,
Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, John A. Pérez,
V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Skinner,
Stone, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, and Wilk)
(Coauthors: Senators Block, Cannella, Evans, Fuller, Jackson,
Lara, Monning, Padilla, Pavley, Torres, Vidak, and Yee)
JANUARY 17, 2014
Relative to emergency medical services.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 84, Rodriguez. Emergency Medical Services Week.
This measure would proclaim the week of May 18, 2014, through May
24, 2014, as Emergency Medical Services Week.
WHEREAS, It is estimated that there are over 840,000 emergency
medical services personnel in the United States, including over
80,000 in the State of California; and
WHEREAS, Emergency medical services are a vital public service and
the members of emergency medical services teams are ready to provide
lifesaving care to those in need 24 hours a day, seven days a week;
and
WHEREAS, The emergency medical services system consists of
emergency physicians, emergency nurses, emergency medical
technicians, paramedics, firefighters, educators, administrators, and
others; and
WHEREAS, The members of emergency medical services teams, whether
career or volunteer, engage in thousands of hours of specialized
training and continuing education to enhance their lifesaving skills;
and
WHEREAS, Approximately 25 to 30 million patients nationwide and
over two million patients throughout California receive emergency
medical services each year; and
WHEREAS, Access to quality emergency medical care dramatically
improves the survival and recovery rates of those who experience
sudden illness or injury; and
WHEREAS, The American College of Emergency Physicians was
instrumental in establishing National Emergency Medical Services Week
to honor the lifesaving efforts of emergency medical services
personnel; and
WHEREAS, President Gerald Ford proclaimed the first Emergency
Medical Services Week in November of 1974; and
WHEREAS, This is the 40th anniversary of National Emergency
Medical Services Week; and
WHEREAS, The theme of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week is
"EMS: Dedicated for Life." This theme has a dual meaning; first, it
demonstrates that emergency medical services providers are dedicated
to saving lives, and second, it expresses the sense of duty to aid
others that is inherent in the profession and stays with an emergency
medical services provider for life; and
WHEREAS, It is appropriate to recognize the value and
accomplishments of emergency medical services personnel by
designating Emergency Medical Services Week in California; now,
therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature proclaims the week of May
18, 2014, through May 24, 2014, as Emergency Medical Services Week in
California; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
