California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 503


Introduced by Assembly Member Rodriguez

February 23, 2015


An act to add Section 1797.122 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to emergency medical services.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 503, as introduced, Rodriguez. Emergency medical services.

Existing law requires the Emergency Medical Services Authority to develop planning and implementation guidelines for emergency medical services (EMS) systems that address several components, including, but not limited to, manpower and training, communications, transportation, and assessment of hospitals and critical care centers.

This bill would authorize a health facility, as defined, to release patient-identifiable medical inform a prehospital emergency medical services provider to the extent specific data elements are requested for quality assessment and improvement purposes.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 1797.122 is added to the Health and
2Safety Code
, to read:

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1797.122.  

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a health facility
4as defined in subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 1250 may, but is not
5required to, release patient-identifiable medical information under
6the following circumstances:

P2    1(1) To a prehospital emergency medical services provider
2information regarding a patient who was transported to the hospital
3by that prehospital emergency medical services provider, to the
4extent that specific data elements are requested for quality
5assessment and improvement purposes.

6(2) To the Emergency Medical Services Authority or the local
7emergency medical services agency, to the extent that specific data
8elements are requested for quality assessment and improvement
9purposes.

10(b) Each prehospital emergency medical services provider and
11local emergency medical services agency, and the Emergency
12Medical Services Authority shall request only those data elements
13that are minimally necessary in compliance with Section 164.502
14(b) and Section 164.514 (d) of Title 45 of the Code of Federal
15Regulations.



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