Bill Text: CA AB2973 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Emergency services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-18 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB2973 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB2973-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 15, 2024 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 02, 2024 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 21, 2024 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Hart |
February 16, 2024 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law authorizes a local EMS agency to create one or more exclusive operating areas in the development of a local plan, if a competitive process is used to select the service provider pursuant to the plan, with specified exceptions.
This bill would require the county and the EMS agency that elect to use the above-described competitive process to meet certain requirements.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:SEC. 2.
Section 1797.234 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:1797.234.
(a) The county(d)All county agreements for implementation of the EMS system, including for prehospital EMS and ambulance services, shall be in the name of the county and shall be approved by the board of supervisors.
(e)When a local EMS agency, upon the recommendation of the county, elects to create an exclusive operating area using a competitive process pursuant to Section 1797.224, all of the following shall apply:
(1)The county’s purchasing and acquisition personnel and the EMS agency shall jointly develop and administer a competitive process pursuant to the county’s purchasing policies, rules, and requirements and government procurement best practices.
(2)The board of supervisors shall review and approve a competitive process prior to issuance of the competitive processes to the public.
(3)The board of supervisors shall have the sole authority to approve the award of agreements or operating rights for prehospital EMS or ambulance services by the county or the local EMS agency pursuant to a competitive process.
(f)(1)Contracts for ambulance services developed pursuant to this section shall comply with the requirements of subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 1797.230.
(2)Subcontracts for emergency ambulance services developed pursuant to this section shall comply with the requirements of subdivisions (b), (c), and (d) of Section 1797.231.
(g)Prior to the submission of the plans to the authority of the local EMS agency’s plans for the EMS system pursuant to this division including, but not limited to, Article 2 (commencing with Section 1797.250), one of the following shall apply:
(1)For a single-county local EMS agency, the board of supervisors shall review and approve the local EMS agency’s plans.
(2)For a multicounty local EMS agency, the local EMS agency’s plans shall be approved through one of the following:
(A)As provided for in the contract for local emergency medical services administration between the counties and the local EMS agency.
(B)As provided for in the joint powers agreement that created the local EMS agency.
(C)By the board of supervisors of each of the counties served by the local EMS agency.
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