BILL NUMBER: AB 1245INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Williams FEBRUARY 18, 2011 An act to add Section 1797.119 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to emergency medical services. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1245, as introduced, Williams. Emergency medical services. Existing law establishes the Emergency Medical Services System and the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act, which governs local emergency medical service systems. The act establishes the Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA), which is responsible for the coordination and integration of all state agencies concerning emergency medical services. Existing law requires all ocean, public beach, and public swimming pool lifeguards and all firefighters in this state, except those whose duties are primarily clerical or administrative, to be trained to administer first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. This training is required to meet standards prescribed by the EMSA. This bill would require the EMSA, if it proposes to adopt or adopts a regulation for the state approval of an emergency medical responder course that is a condition for being an employee or volunteer in a public safety capacity to render first aid in an emergency setting without an EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P certificate, to also require the submission of fingerprint images and related information to the EMSA for a specified criminal background search. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 1797.119 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read: 1797.119. If the authority proposes to adopt or adopts a regulation for the state approval of an emergency medical responder course that meets or exceeds the United States Department of Transportation's First Responder: National Standard Curriculum, and completion of this course is a condition for becoming an employee or volunteer in a public safety capacity to render first aid in an emergency setting without an EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P certificate, the authority shall also require as a condition the provision of fingerprint images and related information to the authority. The authority shall then submit the images and related information to the Department of Justice pursuant to the regulations adopted pursuant to Section 1797.117 for a state and federal level criminal offender record information search, including subsequent arrest information.