CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1180Introduced by Assembly Member RodriguezFebruary 16, 2023 An act to amend Section 1797.101 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to emergency medical services.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1180, as introduced, Rodriguez. Emergency medical services.Existing law establishes the Emergency Medical Services Authority, and requires the authority to be headed by a director who is a licensed physician and surgeon with substantial experience in the practice of emergency medicine.This bill would remove the requirement that the director be a licensed physician and surgeon with substantial experience in the practice of emergency medicine and would instead require the director to have substantial experience in the practice of emergency preparedness, response, and recovery.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1797.101 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:1797.101. The Emergency Medical Services Authority shall be headed by the Director of the Emergency Medical Services Authority who shall be appointed by the Governor upon nomination by the Secretary of California Health and Human Services. The director shall be a physician and surgeon licensed in California pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, and who has have substantial experience in the practice of emergency medicine. preparedness, response, and recovery.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1180Introduced by Assembly Member RodriguezFebruary 16, 2023 An act to amend Section 1797.101 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to emergency medical services.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1180, as introduced, Rodriguez. Emergency medical services.Existing law establishes the Emergency Medical Services Authority, and requires the authority to be headed by a director who is a licensed physician and surgeon with substantial experience in the practice of emergency medicine.This bill would remove the requirement that the director be a licensed physician and surgeon with substantial experience in the practice of emergency medicine and would instead require the director to have substantial experience in the practice of emergency preparedness, response, and recovery.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1180
Introduced by Assembly Member RodriguezFebruary 16, 2023
Introduced by Assembly Member Rodriguez
February 16, 2023
An act to amend Section 1797.101 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to emergency medical services.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1180, as introduced, Rodriguez. Emergency medical services.
Existing law establishes the Emergency Medical Services Authority, and requires the authority to be headed by a director who is a licensed physician and surgeon with substantial experience in the practice of emergency medicine.This bill would remove the requirement that the director be a licensed physician and surgeon with substantial experience in the practice of emergency medicine and would instead require the director to have substantial experience in the practice of emergency preparedness, response, and recovery.
Existing law establishes the Emergency Medical Services Authority, and requires the authority to be headed by a director who is a licensed physician and surgeon with substantial experience in the practice of emergency medicine.
This bill would remove the requirement that the director be a licensed physician and surgeon with substantial experience in the practice of emergency medicine and would instead require the director to have substantial experience in the practice of emergency preparedness, response, and recovery.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1797.101 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:1797.101. The Emergency Medical Services Authority shall be headed by the Director of the Emergency Medical Services Authority who shall be appointed by the Governor upon nomination by the Secretary of California Health and Human Services. The director shall be a physician and surgeon licensed in California pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, and who has have substantial experience in the practice of emergency medicine. preparedness, response, and recovery.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 1797.101 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:1797.101. The Emergency Medical Services Authority shall be headed by the Director of the Emergency Medical Services Authority who shall be appointed by the Governor upon nomination by the Secretary of California Health and Human Services. The director shall be a physician and surgeon licensed in California pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, and who has have substantial experience in the practice of emergency medicine. preparedness, response, and recovery.
SECTION 1. Section 1797.101 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
1797.101. The Emergency Medical Services Authority shall be headed by the Director of the Emergency Medical Services Authority who shall be appointed by the Governor upon nomination by the Secretary of California Health and Human Services. The director shall be a physician and surgeon licensed in California pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, and who has have substantial experience in the practice of emergency medicine. preparedness, response, and recovery.
1797.101. The Emergency Medical Services Authority shall be headed by the Director of the Emergency Medical Services Authority who shall be appointed by the Governor upon nomination by the Secretary of California Health and Human Services. The director shall be a physician and surgeon licensed in California pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, and who has have substantial experience in the practice of emergency medicine. preparedness, response, and recovery.
1797.101. The Emergency Medical Services Authority shall be headed by the Director of the Emergency Medical Services Authority who shall be appointed by the Governor upon nomination by the Secretary of California Health and Human Services. The director shall be a physician and surgeon licensed in California pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, and who has have substantial experience in the practice of emergency medicine. preparedness, response, and recovery.
1797.101. The Emergency Medical Services Authority shall be headed by the Director of the Emergency Medical Services Authority who shall be appointed by the Governor upon nomination by the Secretary of California Health and Human Services. The director shall be a physician and surgeon licensed in California pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, and who has have substantial experience in the practice of emergency medicine. preparedness, response, and recovery.