BILL NUMBER: AB 1598	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Rodriguez

                        FEBRUARY 4, 2014

   An act relating to emergency medical services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1598, as introduced, Rodriguez. Emergency medical services:
active shooter incidents.
   Existing law, the Emergency Medical Services System and the
Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act, governs local
emergency medical services systems. The act establishes the Emergency
Medical Services Authority, which is responsible for the
coordination and integration of all state agencies concerning
emergency medical services. Existing law also creates the Commission
on Emergency Medical Services, and requires the commission to perform
various duties regarding the authority and emergency medical
services.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would encourage the development of protocols and
collaborative training platforms between local fire, police, and
emergency medical services agencies in an effort to more efficiently
respond to active shooter incidents across California.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would encourage the development of protocols and
collaborative training platforms between local fire, police, and
emergency medical services agencies in an effort to more efficiently
respond to active shooter incidents across California.