BILL NUMBER: AB 918	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 17, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cooley

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to add Section  8588.17   8570.3 
to the Government Code, relating to emergency services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 918, as amended, Cooley. Emergency services: preparedness.
   The California Emergency Services Act sets forth the duties of the
Office of Emergency Services with respect to specified emergency
preparedness, mitigation, and response activities within the state.
   This bill would  authorize   require 
the office  , on or before July 31, 2015,  to 
prepare, in voluntary cooperation with specific local governmental
and nongovernmental entities, a specialized plan  
update the State Emergency Plan to include proposed best practices
for local governments and nongovernmental entities to use to
mobilize  and evacuate  senior citizens and disabled persons
during an emergency or natural disaster.
   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.    The Legislature finds and declares all
of the following:  
   (a) Too little of the State Emergency Plan is dedicated to senior
citizens and the functional needs of disabled persons.  
   (b) The State Emergency Plan was updated in 2009 and is planned to
be updated again in 2014.  
   (c) The California Senior Legislature memorialized its request to
the Legislature and the Governor to enact legislation to ensure that
senior citizens and disabled persons are prepared to be mobilized and
evacuated in the event of an emergency or natural disaster. 
   SEC. 2.    Section 8570.3 is added to the  
Government Code   , to read:  
   8570.3.  On or before July 31, 2015, the Office of Emergency
Services shall update the State Emergency Plan to include proposed
best practices for local governments and nongovernmental entities to
use to mobilize and evacuate senior citizens and disabled persons
during an emergency or natural disaster.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 8588.17 is added to the
Government Code, to read:
   8588.17.  The Office of Emergency Services is authorized to
prepare a specialized plan to mobilize senior citizens and disabled
persons during an emergency or natural disaster in cooperation with
local governmental and nongovernmental entities that provide
transportation services to senior citizens and disabled persons and
that volunteer to participate in the preparation of the plan.