BILL NUMBER: AB 1129	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 20, 2015
	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   1797.227
 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 an
electronic health record system that exports data in a format that is
 compatible   compliant  with the 
current versions of 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 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 specific electronic
health record system to collect and share data with the agency. The
bill would not modify or affect  a   written 
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   1797.227 
is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:
    1797.225.   1797.227.   (a) An
emergency medical care provider shall do both of the following when
collecting and submitting data to a local EMS agency:
   (1) Use an electronic health record system that exports data in a
format that is  compatible   compliant 
with the  current   versions of 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   section does
 not modify or affect  an existing   a
written  contract or agreement executed before January 1, 2016,
between a local EMS agency and an emergency medical care provider.