Bill Text: CA AB1129 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Emergency medical services: data and information system.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-09-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 377, Statutes of 2015. [AB1129 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB1129-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1129	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  377
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 31, 2015
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 20, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 23, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 4, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 6, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Burke

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to add Section 1797.227 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to emergency medical services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1129, Burke. Emergency medical services: data and information
system.
   Existing law, the Emergency Medical Services System and the
Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act, governs local
emergency medical services (EMS) systems. The act establishes the
Emergency Medical Services Authority, which is responsible for the
coordination and integration of all state agencies concerning
emergency medical services. Existing law requires a local EMS agency
to plan, implement, and evaluate an emergency medical services
system, as specified, and authorizes the local EMS agency to develop
and submit a plan to the authority for an emergency medical services
system according to prescribed guidelines that address data
collection and evaluation, among other things.
   This bill would require an emergency medical care provider to,
when collecting and submitting data to a local EMS agency, use an
electronic health record system that exports data in a format that is
compliant with the current versions of the California Emergency
Medical Services Information System (CEMSIS) and the National
Emergency Medical Services Information System (NEMSIS) standards,
includes those data elements required by the local EMS agency, and
uses an electronic health record system that can be integrated with
the local EMS agency's data system, as specified. The bill would
prohibit a local EMS agency from mandating that a provider use a
specific electronic health record system to collect and share data
with the agency. The bill would not modify or affect a written
contract or agreement executed before January 1, 2016, between a
local EMS agency and an emergency medical care provider.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1797.227 is added to the Health and Safety
Code, to read:
   1797.227.  (a) An emergency medical care provider shall do both of
the following when collecting and submitting data to a local EMS
agency:
   (1) Use an electronic health record system that exports data in a
format that is compliant with the current versions of the California
Emergency Medical Services Information System (CEMSIS) and the
National Emergency Medical Services Information System (NEMSIS)
standards and includes those data elements that are required by the
local EMS agency.
   (2) Ensure that the electronic health record system can be
integrated with the local EMS agency's data system, so that the local
EMS agency may collect data from the provider.
   (b) A local EMS agency shall not mandate that a provider use a
specific electronic health record system to collect and share data
with the local EMS agency.
    (c) This section does not modify or affect a written contract or
agreement executed before January 1, 2016, between a local EMS agency
and an emergency medical care provider.