Bill Text: CA AB1827 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Emergency medical services: mobile field hospitals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From committee without further action. [AB1827 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB1827-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1827	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 16, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Kim

                        FEBRUARY 9, 2016

   An act relating to mobile field  hospitals.  
hospitals, and making an appropriation therefor. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1827, as amended, Kim. Emergency medical services: mobile field
hospitals.
   Existing law establishes the  Office of  Emergency
 Medical  Services  Authority in the Health
and Welfare Agency to administer a statewide system of coordinated
emergency medical care, injury prevention, and disaster medical
response.   in the office of the Governor and makes the
office responsible for the state's emergency and disaster response
services for natural, technological, or manmade disasters and
emergencies. Existing law authorizes the purchase of  
mobile field hospitals. 
   This bill would  express the intent of the Legislature to
establish funding for   make an appropriation of
$2,000,000 from the General Fund to the Office of Emergency Services
for the purpose of providing maintenance and upkeep of  one 
or more  mobile field  hospital to  
hospitals that would  be ready and available within 72 hours to
assist local communities in the event of a natural disaster or other
mass casualty  incidents.   inc  
ident. The bill would make related findings and declarations. 
   Vote:  majority   2/3  . Appropriation:
 no   yes  . Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    The Legislature hereby finds and
declares all of the following:  
   (a) In 2007, the state purchased three mobile field hospitals with
the intent to replace or augment acute hospital care capacity during
catastrophic emergencies or outbreaks, such as earthquakes, fires,
and floods.  
   (b) Each mobile field hospital can be deployed as a 200-bed acute
care facility with its own power generation system, HVAC, and medical
equipment, such as ventilators, oxygen delivery, and diagnostic
equipment. Each hospital has an emergency department, operating room
stations, intensive care unit, digital X-ray, laboratory testing, and
pharmacy. This is the largest nonmilitary mobile field hospital
program in the world.  
   (c) All three mobile field hospitals that the state owns are
stored in the Sacramento area in delayed-deployment status. 

   (d) Without funding, these units cannot be mobilized in time to
treat patients during the initial phase of a response to a
catastrophic emergency or outbreak.  
   (e) The state should proactively procure and manage these assets
before a natural disaster or other catastrophic emergency occurs.

   SEC. 2.    There is hereby appropriated the sum of
two million dollars ($2,000,000) from the General Fund to the Office
of Emergency Services for the purpose of providing maintenance and
upkeep of one or more mobile field hospitals to be ready and
available within 72 hours to assist local communities in the event of
a natural disaster or other mass casualty incident.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to establish funding for one mobile field hospital to be ready and
available within 72 hours to assist local communities in the event of
a natural disaster or other mass casualty incidents.