Amended IN Assembly May 25, 2018 Amended IN Assembly March 20, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2961Introduced by Assembly Member ODonnell(Coauthor: Assembly Member Rodriguez)February 16, 2018 An act to add Sections 1797.123 and 1797.228 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2961, as amended, ODonnell. Emergency medical services.Existing law creates the Commission on Emergency Medical Services, within the California Health and Human Services Agency, to, among other things, advise the Emergency Medical Services Authority on the development of an emergency medical data collection system. Existing law requires the Emergency Medical Services Authority to develop a statewide standard methodology for the calculation and reporting of ambulance patient offload time, as defined, by a local emergency medical services (EMS) agency. Existing law authorizes a county to develop an emergency medical services program, and authorizes a local EMS agency to adopt policies and procedures to calculate and report ambulance patient offload time.This bill would require a local EMS agency to submit quarterly data to the authority that, among other things, is sufficient for the authority to calculate the average ambulance patient offload time by local EMS agency jurisdiction and by each facility in a local EMS agency jurisdiction. The bill would require the authority to calculate those averages and report them twice per year to the Commission on Emergency Medical Services. The bill would also require the authority, on or before December 1, 2020, to submit a report to the Legislature on the average ambulance patient offload time and recommendations to reduce or eliminate ambulance patient offload time.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESNO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares the following:(a) In 2015, the Legislature directed the Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) to develop a methodology to measure and report ambulance patient offload time.(b) Ambulance patient offload time is the interval between the arrival via ambulance of a patient at an emergency department and the time the patient is transferred to an emergency department gurney, bed, chair, or other acceptable location and the emergency department assumes responsibility for the care of the patient.(c) Patients who are experiencing an emergency and are transported to the hospital must get rapid, efficient transfer and attention at an emergency care facility. Ensuring immediate transfer of patient care at emergency rooms will not only benefit the patient under direct care, but also ensure that emergency medical services (EMS) professionals can reenter the field to help others in need.(d) Significant delays in ambulance patient offload time unacceptably prevent a patient from receiving appropriate and immediate care, and pose a public safety risk by having fewer qualified EMS personnel available to respond to other emergencies.(e) Chapter 379 of the Statutes of 2015 required the EMSA to create a common definition of ambulance patient offload time and charged the EMSA with establishing a standard way of measuring the problem across the state, while allowing for the collection of data needed to measure ambulance patient offload time and address issues.(f) While the EMSA has established the methodology, reporting by local EMS agencies has been intermittent. Some local EMS agencies reported ambulance patient offload time quarterly during 2017, some local EMS agencies reported incomplete data, and more than a dozen local EMS agencies have not reported any data.(g) Chapter 377 of the Statutes of 2015 directs EMS providers to utilize an electronic patient care record system to track patient care records and to submit that data to local EMS agencies. An electronic system allows for better data collection, better data sharing between agencies, and better coordination between the EMS system and emergency departments.(h) Electronic patient care records include data tracking for each emergency response call that includes transferring a patient to an emergency department. Currently, that data is not shared with EMSA.(i) It is imperative that local EMS agencies report this data to EMSA to inform EMSA and EMS system stakeholders in considering or adopting reasonable policy solutions to reduce or eliminate ambulance patient offload time.SEC. 2. Section 1797.123 is added to the Health and Safety Code, immediately following Section 1797.122, to read:1797.123. (a) Upon receipt of data reported by a local EMS agency to the authority pursuant to Section 1797.228, the authority shall calculate average ambulance patient offload time by local EMS agency jurisdiction and by each facility in a local EMS agency jurisdiction.(b) The authority shall report twice per year to the Commission on Emergency Medical Services the average ambulance patient offload time by local EMS agency jurisdiction and by each facility in a local EMS agency jurisdiction.(c) On or before December 1, 2020, the authority shall submit a report to the Legislature on the average ambulance patient offload time and recommendations to reduce or eliminate ambulance patient offload time. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.SEC. 3. Section 1797.228 is added to the Health and Safety Code, immediately following Section 1797.227, to read:1797.228. (a) On or before July 1, 2019, a local EMS agency shall transmit ambulance patient offload time data to the authority, consistent with the policies and procedures developed pursuant to Section 1797.225 or by utilizing electronic health record system data reported by emergency medical care providers pursuant to Section 1797.227.(b) If a local EMS agency elects to submit data from the electronic patient care records under an electronic health record system, reported pursuant to Section 1797.227, the data must be sufficient for the authority to calculate average ambulance patient offload time, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1797.120, by local EMS agency jurisdiction and by each facility in a local EMS agency jurisdiction.(c) Before submitting data to the authority, the local EMS agency shall ensure that personally identifying patient data is not included in the submission.(d) A local EMS agency shall submit quarterly data to the authority no later than 15 days after the end of the quarter.SEC. 4.If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
Amended IN Assembly May 25, 2018 Amended IN Assembly March 20, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2961Introduced by Assembly Member ODonnell(Coauthor: Assembly Member Rodriguez)February 16, 2018 An act to add Sections 1797.123 and 1797.228 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2961, as amended, ODonnell. Emergency medical services.Existing law creates the Commission on Emergency Medical Services, within the California Health and Human Services Agency, to, among other things, advise the Emergency Medical Services Authority on the development of an emergency medical data collection system. Existing law requires the Emergency Medical Services Authority to develop a statewide standard methodology for the calculation and reporting of ambulance patient offload time, as defined, by a local emergency medical services (EMS) agency. Existing law authorizes a county to develop an emergency medical services program, and authorizes a local EMS agency to adopt policies and procedures to calculate and report ambulance patient offload time.This bill would require a local EMS agency to submit quarterly data to the authority that, among other things, is sufficient for the authority to calculate the average ambulance patient offload time by local EMS agency jurisdiction and by each facility in a local EMS agency jurisdiction. The bill would require the authority to calculate those averages and report them twice per year to the Commission on Emergency Medical Services. The bill would also require the authority, on or before December 1, 2020, to submit a report to the Legislature on the average ambulance patient offload time and recommendations to reduce or eliminate ambulance patient offload time.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESNO
Amended IN Assembly May 25, 2018 Amended IN Assembly March 20, 2018
Amended IN Assembly May 25, 2018
Amended IN Assembly March 20, 2018
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 2961
Introduced by Assembly Member ODonnell(Coauthor: Assembly Member Rodriguez)February 16, 2018
Introduced by Assembly Member ODonnell(Coauthor: Assembly Member Rodriguez)
February 16, 2018
An act to add Sections 1797.123 and 1797.228 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2961, as amended, ODonnell. Emergency medical services.
Existing law creates the Commission on Emergency Medical Services, within the California Health and Human Services Agency, to, among other things, advise the Emergency Medical Services Authority on the development of an emergency medical data collection system. Existing law requires the Emergency Medical Services Authority to develop a statewide standard methodology for the calculation and reporting of ambulance patient offload time, as defined, by a local emergency medical services (EMS) agency. Existing law authorizes a county to develop an emergency medical services program, and authorizes a local EMS agency to adopt policies and procedures to calculate and report ambulance patient offload time.This bill would require a local EMS agency to submit quarterly data to the authority that, among other things, is sufficient for the authority to calculate the average ambulance patient offload time by local EMS agency jurisdiction and by each facility in a local EMS agency jurisdiction. The bill would require the authority to calculate those averages and report them twice per year to the Commission on Emergency Medical Services. The bill would also require the authority, on or before December 1, 2020, to submit a report to the Legislature on the average ambulance patient offload time and recommendations to reduce or eliminate ambulance patient offload time.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Existing law creates the Commission on Emergency Medical Services, within the California Health and Human Services Agency, to, among other things, advise the Emergency Medical Services Authority on the development of an emergency medical data collection system. Existing law requires the Emergency Medical Services Authority to develop a statewide standard methodology for the calculation and reporting of ambulance patient offload time, as defined, by a local emergency medical services (EMS) agency. Existing law authorizes a county to develop an emergency medical services program, and authorizes a local EMS agency to adopt policies and procedures to calculate and report ambulance patient offload time.
This bill would require a local EMS agency to submit quarterly data to the authority that, among other things, is sufficient for the authority to calculate the average ambulance patient offload time by local EMS agency jurisdiction and by each facility in a local EMS agency jurisdiction. The bill would require the authority to calculate those averages and report them twice per year to the Commission on Emergency Medical Services. The bill would also require the authority, on or before December 1, 2020, to submit a report to the Legislature on the average ambulance patient offload time and recommendations to reduce or eliminate ambulance patient offload time.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
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## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares the following:(a) In 2015, the Legislature directed the Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) to develop a methodology to measure and report ambulance patient offload time.(b) Ambulance patient offload time is the interval between the arrival via ambulance of a patient at an emergency department and the time the patient is transferred to an emergency department gurney, bed, chair, or other acceptable location and the emergency department assumes responsibility for the care of the patient.(c) Patients who are experiencing an emergency and are transported to the hospital must get rapid, efficient transfer and attention at an emergency care facility. Ensuring immediate transfer of patient care at emergency rooms will not only benefit the patient under direct care, but also ensure that emergency medical services (EMS) professionals can reenter the field to help others in need.(d) Significant delays in ambulance patient offload time unacceptably prevent a patient from receiving appropriate and immediate care, and pose a public safety risk by having fewer qualified EMS personnel available to respond to other emergencies.(e) Chapter 379 of the Statutes of 2015 required the EMSA to create a common definition of ambulance patient offload time and charged the EMSA with establishing a standard way of measuring the problem across the state, while allowing for the collection of data needed to measure ambulance patient offload time and address issues.(f) While the EMSA has established the methodology, reporting by local EMS agencies has been intermittent. Some local EMS agencies reported ambulance patient offload time quarterly during 2017, some local EMS agencies reported incomplete data, and more than a dozen local EMS agencies have not reported any data.(g) Chapter 377 of the Statutes of 2015 directs EMS providers to utilize an electronic patient care record system to track patient care records and to submit that data to local EMS agencies. An electronic system allows for better data collection, better data sharing between agencies, and better coordination between the EMS system and emergency departments.(h) Electronic patient care records include data tracking for each emergency response call that includes transferring a patient to an emergency department. Currently, that data is not shared with EMSA.(i) It is imperative that local EMS agencies report this data to EMSA to inform EMSA and EMS system stakeholders in considering or adopting reasonable policy solutions to reduce or eliminate ambulance patient offload time.SEC. 2. Section 1797.123 is added to the Health and Safety Code, immediately following Section 1797.122, to read:1797.123. (a) Upon receipt of data reported by a local EMS agency to the authority pursuant to Section 1797.228, the authority shall calculate average ambulance patient offload time by local EMS agency jurisdiction and by each facility in a local EMS agency jurisdiction.(b) The authority shall report twice per year to the Commission on Emergency Medical Services the average ambulance patient offload time by local EMS agency jurisdiction and by each facility in a local EMS agency jurisdiction.(c) On or before December 1, 2020, the authority shall submit a report to the Legislature on the average ambulance patient offload time and recommendations to reduce or eliminate ambulance patient offload time. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.SEC. 3. Section 1797.228 is added to the Health and Safety Code, immediately following Section 1797.227, to read:1797.228. (a) On or before July 1, 2019, a local EMS agency shall transmit ambulance patient offload time data to the authority, consistent with the policies and procedures developed pursuant to Section 1797.225 or by utilizing electronic health record system data reported by emergency medical care providers pursuant to Section 1797.227.(b) If a local EMS agency elects to submit data from the electronic patient care records under an electronic health record system, reported pursuant to Section 1797.227, the data must be sufficient for the authority to calculate average ambulance patient offload time, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1797.120, by local EMS agency jurisdiction and by each facility in a local EMS agency jurisdiction.(c) Before submitting data to the authority, the local EMS agency shall ensure that personally identifying patient data is not included in the submission.(d) A local EMS agency shall submit quarterly data to the authority no later than 15 days after the end of the quarter.SEC. 4.If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares the following:(a) In 2015, the Legislature directed the Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) to develop a methodology to measure and report ambulance patient offload time.(b) Ambulance patient offload time is the interval between the arrival via ambulance of a patient at an emergency department and the time the patient is transferred to an emergency department gurney, bed, chair, or other acceptable location and the emergency department assumes responsibility for the care of the patient.(c) Patients who are experiencing an emergency and are transported to the hospital must get rapid, efficient transfer and attention at an emergency care facility. Ensuring immediate transfer of patient care at emergency rooms will not only benefit the patient under direct care, but also ensure that emergency medical services (EMS) professionals can reenter the field to help others in need.(d) Significant delays in ambulance patient offload time unacceptably prevent a patient from receiving appropriate and immediate care, and pose a public safety risk by having fewer qualified EMS personnel available to respond to other emergencies.(e) Chapter 379 of the Statutes of 2015 required the EMSA to create a common definition of ambulance patient offload time and charged the EMSA with establishing a standard way of measuring the problem across the state, while allowing for the collection of data needed to measure ambulance patient offload time and address issues.(f) While the EMSA has established the methodology, reporting by local EMS agencies has been intermittent. Some local EMS agencies reported ambulance patient offload time quarterly during 2017, some local EMS agencies reported incomplete data, and more than a dozen local EMS agencies have not reported any data.(g) Chapter 377 of the Statutes of 2015 directs EMS providers to utilize an electronic patient care record system to track patient care records and to submit that data to local EMS agencies. An electronic system allows for better data collection, better data sharing between agencies, and better coordination between the EMS system and emergency departments.(h) Electronic patient care records include data tracking for each emergency response call that includes transferring a patient to an emergency department. Currently, that data is not shared with EMSA.(i) It is imperative that local EMS agencies report this data to EMSA to inform EMSA and EMS system stakeholders in considering or adopting reasonable policy solutions to reduce or eliminate ambulance patient offload time.
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares the following:(a) In 2015, the Legislature directed the Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) to develop a methodology to measure and report ambulance patient offload time.(b) Ambulance patient offload time is the interval between the arrival via ambulance of a patient at an emergency department and the time the patient is transferred to an emergency department gurney, bed, chair, or other acceptable location and the emergency department assumes responsibility for the care of the patient.(c) Patients who are experiencing an emergency and are transported to the hospital must get rapid, efficient transfer and attention at an emergency care facility. Ensuring immediate transfer of patient care at emergency rooms will not only benefit the patient under direct care, but also ensure that emergency medical services (EMS) professionals can reenter the field to help others in need.(d) Significant delays in ambulance patient offload time unacceptably prevent a patient from receiving appropriate and immediate care, and pose a public safety risk by having fewer qualified EMS personnel available to respond to other emergencies.(e) Chapter 379 of the Statutes of 2015 required the EMSA to create a common definition of ambulance patient offload time and charged the EMSA with establishing a standard way of measuring the problem across the state, while allowing for the collection of data needed to measure ambulance patient offload time and address issues.(f) While the EMSA has established the methodology, reporting by local EMS agencies has been intermittent. Some local EMS agencies reported ambulance patient offload time quarterly during 2017, some local EMS agencies reported incomplete data, and more than a dozen local EMS agencies have not reported any data.(g) Chapter 377 of the Statutes of 2015 directs EMS providers to utilize an electronic patient care record system to track patient care records and to submit that data to local EMS agencies. An electronic system allows for better data collection, better data sharing between agencies, and better coordination between the EMS system and emergency departments.(h) Electronic patient care records include data tracking for each emergency response call that includes transferring a patient to an emergency department. Currently, that data is not shared with EMSA.(i) It is imperative that local EMS agencies report this data to EMSA to inform EMSA and EMS system stakeholders in considering or adopting reasonable policy solutions to reduce or eliminate ambulance patient offload time.
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares the following:
### SECTION 1.
(a) In 2015, the Legislature directed the Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) to develop a methodology to measure and report ambulance patient offload time.
(b) Ambulance patient offload time is the interval between the arrival via ambulance of a patient at an emergency department and the time the patient is transferred to an emergency department gurney, bed, chair, or other acceptable location and the emergency department assumes responsibility for the care of the patient.
(c) Patients who are experiencing an emergency and are transported to the hospital must get rapid, efficient transfer and attention at an emergency care facility. Ensuring immediate transfer of patient care at emergency rooms will not only benefit the patient under direct care, but also ensure that emergency medical services (EMS) professionals can reenter the field to help others in need.
(d) Significant delays in ambulance patient offload time unacceptably prevent a patient from receiving appropriate and immediate care, and pose a public safety risk by having fewer qualified EMS personnel available to respond to other emergencies.
(e) Chapter 379 of the Statutes of 2015 required the EMSA to create a common definition of ambulance patient offload time and charged the EMSA with establishing a standard way of measuring the problem across the state, while allowing for the collection of data needed to measure ambulance patient offload time and address issues.
(f) While the EMSA has established the methodology, reporting by local EMS agencies has been intermittent. Some local EMS agencies reported ambulance patient offload time quarterly during 2017, some local EMS agencies reported incomplete data, and more than a dozen local EMS agencies have not reported any data.
(g) Chapter 377 of the Statutes of 2015 directs EMS providers to utilize an electronic patient care record system to track patient care records and to submit that data to local EMS agencies. An electronic system allows for better data collection, better data sharing between agencies, and better coordination between the EMS system and emergency departments.
(h) Electronic patient care records include data tracking for each emergency response call that includes transferring a patient to an emergency department. Currently, that data is not shared with EMSA.
(i) It is imperative that local EMS agencies report this data to EMSA to inform EMSA and EMS system stakeholders in considering or adopting reasonable policy solutions to reduce or eliminate ambulance patient offload time.
SEC. 2. Section 1797.123 is added to the Health and Safety Code, immediately following Section 1797.122, to read:1797.123. (a) Upon receipt of data reported by a local EMS agency to the authority pursuant to Section 1797.228, the authority shall calculate average ambulance patient offload time by local EMS agency jurisdiction and by each facility in a local EMS agency jurisdiction.(b) The authority shall report twice per year to the Commission on Emergency Medical Services the average ambulance patient offload time by local EMS agency jurisdiction and by each facility in a local EMS agency jurisdiction.(c) On or before December 1, 2020, the authority shall submit a report to the Legislature on the average ambulance patient offload time and recommendations to reduce or eliminate ambulance patient offload time. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
SEC. 2. Section 1797.123 is added to the Health and Safety Code, immediately following Section 1797.122, to read:
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1797.123. (a) Upon receipt of data reported by a local EMS agency to the authority pursuant to Section 1797.228, the authority shall calculate average ambulance patient offload time by local EMS agency jurisdiction and by each facility in a local EMS agency jurisdiction.(b) The authority shall report twice per year to the Commission on Emergency Medical Services the average ambulance patient offload time by local EMS agency jurisdiction and by each facility in a local EMS agency jurisdiction.(c) On or before December 1, 2020, the authority shall submit a report to the Legislature on the average ambulance patient offload time and recommendations to reduce or eliminate ambulance patient offload time. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
1797.123. (a) Upon receipt of data reported by a local EMS agency to the authority pursuant to Section 1797.228, the authority shall calculate average ambulance patient offload time by local EMS agency jurisdiction and by each facility in a local EMS agency jurisdiction.(b) The authority shall report twice per year to the Commission on Emergency Medical Services the average ambulance patient offload time by local EMS agency jurisdiction and by each facility in a local EMS agency jurisdiction.(c) On or before December 1, 2020, the authority shall submit a report to the Legislature on the average ambulance patient offload time and recommendations to reduce or eliminate ambulance patient offload time. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
1797.123. (a) Upon receipt of data reported by a local EMS agency to the authority pursuant to Section 1797.228, the authority shall calculate average ambulance patient offload time by local EMS agency jurisdiction and by each facility in a local EMS agency jurisdiction.(b) The authority shall report twice per year to the Commission on Emergency Medical Services the average ambulance patient offload time by local EMS agency jurisdiction and by each facility in a local EMS agency jurisdiction.(c) On or before December 1, 2020, the authority shall submit a report to the Legislature on the average ambulance patient offload time and recommendations to reduce or eliminate ambulance patient offload time. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
1797.123. (a) Upon receipt of data reported by a local EMS agency to the authority pursuant to Section 1797.228, the authority shall calculate average ambulance patient offload time by local EMS agency jurisdiction and by each facility in a local EMS agency jurisdiction.
(b) The authority shall report twice per year to the Commission on Emergency Medical Services the average ambulance patient offload time by local EMS agency jurisdiction and by each facility in a local EMS agency jurisdiction.
(c) On or before December 1, 2020, the authority shall submit a report to the Legislature on the average ambulance patient offload time and recommendations to reduce or eliminate ambulance patient offload time. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
SEC. 3. Section 1797.228 is added to the Health and Safety Code, immediately following Section 1797.227, to read:1797.228. (a) On or before July 1, 2019, a local EMS agency shall transmit ambulance patient offload time data to the authority, consistent with the policies and procedures developed pursuant to Section 1797.225 or by utilizing electronic health record system data reported by emergency medical care providers pursuant to Section 1797.227.(b) If a local EMS agency elects to submit data from the electronic patient care records under an electronic health record system, reported pursuant to Section 1797.227, the data must be sufficient for the authority to calculate average ambulance patient offload time, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1797.120, by local EMS agency jurisdiction and by each facility in a local EMS agency jurisdiction.(c) Before submitting data to the authority, the local EMS agency shall ensure that personally identifying patient data is not included in the submission.(d) A local EMS agency shall submit quarterly data to the authority no later than 15 days after the end of the quarter.
SEC. 3. Section 1797.228 is added to the Health and Safety Code, immediately following Section 1797.227, to read:
### SEC. 3.
1797.228. (a) On or before July 1, 2019, a local EMS agency shall transmit ambulance patient offload time data to the authority, consistent with the policies and procedures developed pursuant to Section 1797.225 or by utilizing electronic health record system data reported by emergency medical care providers pursuant to Section 1797.227.(b) If a local EMS agency elects to submit data from the electronic patient care records under an electronic health record system, reported pursuant to Section 1797.227, the data must be sufficient for the authority to calculate average ambulance patient offload time, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1797.120, by local EMS agency jurisdiction and by each facility in a local EMS agency jurisdiction.(c) Before submitting data to the authority, the local EMS agency shall ensure that personally identifying patient data is not included in the submission.(d) A local EMS agency shall submit quarterly data to the authority no later than 15 days after the end of the quarter.
1797.228. (a) On or before July 1, 2019, a local EMS agency shall transmit ambulance patient offload time data to the authority, consistent with the policies and procedures developed pursuant to Section 1797.225 or by utilizing electronic health record system data reported by emergency medical care providers pursuant to Section 1797.227.(b) If a local EMS agency elects to submit data from the electronic patient care records under an electronic health record system, reported pursuant to Section 1797.227, the data must be sufficient for the authority to calculate average ambulance patient offload time, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1797.120, by local EMS agency jurisdiction and by each facility in a local EMS agency jurisdiction.(c) Before submitting data to the authority, the local EMS agency shall ensure that personally identifying patient data is not included in the submission.(d) A local EMS agency shall submit quarterly data to the authority no later than 15 days after the end of the quarter.
1797.228. (a) On or before July 1, 2019, a local EMS agency shall transmit ambulance patient offload time data to the authority, consistent with the policies and procedures developed pursuant to Section 1797.225 or by utilizing electronic health record system data reported by emergency medical care providers pursuant to Section 1797.227.(b) If a local EMS agency elects to submit data from the electronic patient care records under an electronic health record system, reported pursuant to Section 1797.227, the data must be sufficient for the authority to calculate average ambulance patient offload time, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1797.120, by local EMS agency jurisdiction and by each facility in a local EMS agency jurisdiction.(c) Before submitting data to the authority, the local EMS agency shall ensure that personally identifying patient data is not included in the submission.(d) A local EMS agency shall submit quarterly data to the authority no later than 15 days after the end of the quarter.
1797.228. (a) On or before July 1, 2019, a local EMS agency shall transmit ambulance patient offload time data to the authority, consistent with the policies and procedures developed pursuant to Section 1797.225 or by utilizing electronic health record system data reported by emergency medical care providers pursuant to Section 1797.227.
(b) If a local EMS agency elects to submit data from the electronic patient care records under an electronic health record system, reported pursuant to Section 1797.227, the data must be sufficient for the authority to calculate average ambulance patient offload time, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1797.120, by local EMS agency jurisdiction and by each facility in a local EMS agency jurisdiction.
(c) Before submitting data to the authority, the local EMS agency shall ensure that personally identifying patient data is not included in the submission.
(d) A local EMS agency shall submit quarterly data to the authority no later than 15 days after the end of the quarter.
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.