Bill Text: CA AB1180 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Emergency medical services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2024-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB1180 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB1180-Amended.html
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1180
| Introduced by Assembly Member Rodriguez |
February 16, 2023 |
An act to amend Section 1797.101 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to emergency medical services.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1180, as amended, Rodriguez.
Emergency medical services.
Existing law establishes the Emergency Medical Services Authority, and requires the authority to be headed by a director who is a licensed physician and surgeon with substantial experience in the practice of emergency medicine.
This bill would remove the requirement that the director be a licensed physician and surgeon with substantial experience in the practice of emergency medicine and would instead require the director to have substantial experience in emergency medicine, emergency medical services, emergency management, or other related background. The bill would require the authority to have a chief medical officer who is appointed by the Governor upon nomination by the Secretary of California Health and Human Services. The bill would require the chief medical officer to be a physician and surgeon who has substantial experience in the
practice of emergency medicine. The bill would require the chief medical officer to direct clinical, treatment, education, and other matters involving medical decisionmaking and delivery of patient care, as specified.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 1797.101 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:1797.101.
(a) The Emergency Medical Services Authority shall be headed by the Director of the Emergency Medical Services Authority who shall be appointed by the Governor upon nomination by the Secretary of California Health and Human Services. The director shall have substantial experience in emergency medicine, emergency medical services, emergency management, or other related background.(b) (1) The Emergency Medical Services Authority shall have a chief medical officer of the Emergency Medical Services Authority who shall be
appointed by the Governor upon nomination by the Secretary of California Health and Human Services. The chief medical officer shall be a physician and surgeon licensed in California pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, and who has substantial experience in the practice of emergency medicine.
(2) The chief medical officer shall direct clinical, treatment, education, and other matters involving medical decisionmaking and delivery of patient care, including, but not limited to, scope of practice, trauma system organization, stroke and STEMI requirements, and first aid and CPR training.
