Bill Text: CA AB70 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Emergency medical services: reporting.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB70 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB70-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 70	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Waldron

                        DECEMBER 18, 2014

    An act to amend Section 14611 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal.   An act to
amend Section 1797.121 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to
emergency medical services. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 70, as amended, Waldron.  Medi-Cal: hospital
reimbursement.   Emergency medical services: reporting.
 
   Existing law, the Emergency Medical Services System and the
Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act, governs local
emergency medical services (EMS) systems, and establishes the
Emergency Medical Services Authority, which is responsible for the
coordination and integration of all state agencies concerning
emergency medical services. The act requires a local EMS agency to
plan, implement, and evaluate an EMS system, as specified, and
authorizes the local EMS agency to develop and submit a plan to the
authority for an EMS system according to prescribed guidelines.
Existing law requires the authority to report to the Legislature on
the effectiveness of the systems provided for in the act on or before
January 1, 1984, and annually thereafter, as specified.  
   This bill would instead require the authority to report that
information to the Legislature every 5 years.  
   Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is
administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and
under which qualified low-income persons receive health care
benefits. Existing law declares the intent of the Legislature to
enact a method for reimbursing hospitals for inpatient and outpatient
services provided to Medi-Cal beneficiaries on a prospectively
negotiated contractual basis and to develop and test alternatives
that would become the basis for a permanent contracting system.
 
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that
statement of intent. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 1797.121 of the  
Health and Safety Code   is amended to read: 
   1797.121.   (a)    The authority shall report to
the Legislature on the effectiveness of the systems provided for in
this division on or before January 1, 1984, and  annually
  every five years  thereafter,  including
  and shall include  within this  report,
  report  systems impact evaluations on death and
disability. 
   (b) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
 
  SECTION 1.    Section 14611 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code is amended to read:
   14611.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact a method for
reimbursing hospitals for inpatient and outpatient services provided
to Medi-Cal beneficiaries on a prospectively negotiated contractual
basis. The provisions of this article are intended to develop and
test alternatives for contractually arranging for the payment and
delivery of those services that will become the basis for a permanent
contracting system.