BILL NUMBER: AB 1129	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 23, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 4, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 6, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Burke

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to add Section 1797.225 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to emergency medical services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1129, as amended, Burke. Emergency medical services: data and
information system.
   Existing law, the Emergency Medical Services System and the
Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act, governs local
emergency medical services (EMS) 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 requires a local EMS agency
to plan, implement, and evaluate an emergency medical services
system, as specified, and authorizes the local EMS agency to develop
and submit a plan to the authority for an emergency medical services
system according to prescribed guidelines that address data
collection and evaluation, among other things.
   This bill would require an emergency medical care provider to,
when collecting and submitting data to a local EMS agency, use
 a   an electronic health record  system
that exports data in a format that is compatible with the California
Emergency Medical Services Information System (CEMSIS) and the
National Emergency Medical Services Information System (NEMSIS)
standards, includes those data elements required by the local EMS
agency, and uses  a   an electronic health
record  system that can be integrated with the local EMS agency'
s  data  system, as specified. The bill would prohibit a
local EMS agency from mandating that a provider use a 
specified   specific electronic health record 
system to collect and share data with the agency.  The bill would
not modify or affect contract or agreement executed before January
1, 2016, between a local EMS agency and an emergency medical care
provider. 
   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.  Section 1797.225 is added to the Health and Safety
Code, to read:
   1797.225.  (a) An emergency medical care provider shall do both of
the following when collecting and submitting data to a local EMS
agency:
   (1) Use  a   an electronic health record
 system that exports data in a format that is compatible with
the California Emergency Medical Services Information System (CEMSIS)
and the National Emergency Medical Services Information System
(NEMSIS) standards and includes those data elements that are required
by the local EMS agency.
   (2) Ensure that the  electronic health record  system can
be integrated with the local EMS agency's  data  system, so
that the local EMS agency may collect data from the provider.
   (b) A local EMS agency shall not mandate that a provider use a
specific  electronic health record  system to collect and
share data with the local EMS agency.
    (c)     This provision shall not modify or
affect an existing contract or agreement executed before January 1,
2016, between a local EMS agency and an emergency medical care
provider.