BILL NUMBER: SB 1141	CHAPTERED  09/25/08

	CHAPTER  289
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 25, 2008
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 25, 2008
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2008
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 12, 2008
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 7, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 29, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 16, 2008

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Margett

                        FEBRUARY 4, 2008

   An act to add Section 1797.9 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to emergency medical services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1141, Margett. Emergency medical services: public aircraft.
   Existing law, the Emergency Medical Services System and the
Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act, establishes the
Emergency Medical Services Authority and requires it to develop
planning and implementation guidelines for local emergency medical
services systems which address, among other components,
transportation, system organization and management, and disaster
response.
   Existing law requires the authority to adopt regulations that
provide specific requirements for the care of trauma cases and ensure
that the trauma care system is fully coordinated with all elements
of the existing emergency medical services system. A local emergency
medical services agency implementing a trauma care system is required
to establish policies and procedures which are concordant and
consistent with the minimum standards set forth in the regulations
adopted by the authority. Existing law provides that nothing in the
act regarding the trauma care system is to be construed as
restricting the use of a helicopter of the Department of the
California Highway Patrol from performing missions which the
department determines are in the best interests of the people of the
State of California.
   This bill would prohibit a construction of the act that regulates,
or authorizes the regulation of, specified matters relating to
public aircraft.


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

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares both of the
following:
   (a) It is the policy of the state to promote a readiness
capability consisting of public safety or public use aircraft against
threats to the state including earthquakes, flooding, fires, and
other natural disasters, as well as promoting a readiness capability
to respond to search and rescue incidents, terrorist incidents,
large-scale hazardous materials events, or other manmade emergencies.

   (b) Public aircraft for public safety uses are a scarce and
valuable asset for the people of the State of California.
  SEC. 2.  Section 1797.9 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to
read:
   1797.9.  (a) This division shall not be construed to regulate or
authorize state or local regulation of any nonmedical aspects of the
following:
   (1) Public aircraft certification or configuration.
   (2) Public aircraft maintenance procedures and documentation.
   (3) Piloting techniques and methods of piloting public aircraft.
   (4) Public aircraft crewmember qualifications.
   (5) Pilot certification or qualifications for public aircraft.
   (b) For purposes of this section, "public aircraft" has the same
meaning as in Section 1.1 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal
Regulations.