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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  ACR 171
          Author:   Rodriguez (D), et al.
          Amended:  5/19/16 in Assembly
          Vote:     21  

          ASSEMBLY FLOOR:  Read and adopted, 5/19/16

           SUBJECT:   Emergency Medical Services Week


          SOURCE:    Author


          DIGEST:            This resolution proclaims the week of May 15-21,  
          2016, as Emergency Medical Services Week.
          ANALYSIS:   This resolution makes the following legislative  
          findings:


          1)Emergency medical services (EMS) are a vital public service  
            and the members of EMS teams are ready to provide lifesaving  
            care to those in need 24 hours a day, seven days a week with  
            approximately 25-30 million patients nationwide and over two  
            million patients throughout California receiving EMS each  
            year. 


          2)It is estimated that there are over 840,000 EMS personnel in  
            the United States, including over 80,000 in the State of  
            California. 


          3)EMS providers are dedicated to saving lives and possess a  
            sense of duty to aid others that is inherent in the profession  
            and stays with an EMS provider for life. 








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          4)The EMS system consists of emergency physicians, emergency  
            nurses, emergency medical technicians, paramedics,  
            firefighters, educators, administrators, and others.


          5)This is the 42nd anniversary of National EMS Week; and the  
            theme of EMS Week is "Called to Care".


          This resolution proclaims the week of May 15-21, 2016, as EMS  
          Week in California to recognize the value and accomplishments of  
          EMS personnel.


          Related/Prior Legislation


          ACR 10 (Rodriguez, Resolution Chapter 62, Statutes of 2015)  
          proclaimed the week of May 17-23, 2015, inclusive, as EMS Week.


          FISCAL EFFECT:   Appropriation:    No          Fiscal  
          Com.:NoLocal:    No


          SUPPORT:   (Verified6/8/16)


          California Association of Highway Patrolmen


          OPPOSITION:   (Verified6/8/16)


          None received













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          Prepared by:  Melissa Ward / SFA / (916) 651-1520
          6/9/16 13:07:57


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