BILL ANALYSIS Ó ACR 84 Page 1 Date of Hearing: March 20, 2014 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES Richard S. Gordon, Chair ACR 84 (Rodriguez) - As Amended: March 13, 2014 SUBJECT : Emergency Medical Services Week. SUMMARY : Proclaims May 18, 2014, though May 24, 2014, as Emergency Medical Services Week. Specifically, this resolution makes the following legislative findings: 1)It is estimated that there are over 840,000 emergency medical services personnel in the United States, including over 80,000 in the State of California. 2)Emergency medical services system consists of emergency physicians, emergency nurses, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, firefighters, educators, administrators, and others who engage in thousands of hours of specialized training and continuing education to enhance their lifesaving skills. 3)Access to quality emergency medical care dramatically improves the survival and recovery rates of those who experience sudden illness or injury. 4)This is the 40th anniversary of National Emergency Medical Services Week; and, the theme of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week is "EMS: Dedicated for Life." which means first, demonstrates that emergency medical services providers are dedicated to saving lives, and second, it expresses the sense of duty to aid others that is inherent in the profession and stays with an emergency medical services provider for life. FISCAL EFFECT : None REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION : Support American College of Emergency Physicians American Medical Response California Ambulance Association California Professional Firefighters ACR 84 Page 2 Inland Counties Emergency Medical Agency Opposition None on file Analysis Prepared by : Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800