Amended in Assembly April 5, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2260

Introduced by Assembly Member Wood

February 18, 2016

An act to add Section 1797.228 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to emergency medical services.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2260, as amended, Wood. Emergency medical services.

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 the authority, begin delete on or end delete before January 1, 2018, to begin delete provide or designate a single central repository for air ambulance providers to submit specified standardized health records, including data elements identified by the authority end delete begin insert determine a single set of data elements and formatting for air ambulance providers to submit to local EMS agencies, end insert after consulting with begin insert air ambulance providers and end insert local EMS agencies. The bill would authorize the authority to begin delete modify those data elements as the authority determines is necessary. end delete begin insert reconvene these stakeholders annually to modify the elements and formatting of the data. end insert The bill would prohibit the authority from mandating that an air ambulance provider use a specific electronic health record system to collect and share data with begin delete the authority, and would require the authority to provide a local EMS agency with direct access to the data from the single central repository. end delete begin insert a local EMS agency. end insert The bill would prohibit a local EMS agency from requiring additional data reporting from an air ambulance provider once the single begin delete central repository end delete begin insert data set end insert has been established.

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

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

SECTION 1.  

Section 1797.228 is added to the Health and
Safety Code, immediately following Section 1797.227, to read:

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1797.228.  

(a) On or before January 1, 2018, the authority shall
provide or designate a single central repository for air ambulance
providers to submit standardized National Emergency Medical
Services Information System (NEMSIS) and California Emergency
Medical Services Information System (CEMSIS) compliant
electronic health records, including data elements identified by
the authority after consulting with local EMS agencies. The
authority may modify the data elements required by this
subdivision as the authority determines is necessary.

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begin insert 1797.228. end insert   

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(a) (1) Before January 1, 2018, the authority shall
determine a single set of data elements and formatting for air
ambulance providers to submit to local EMS agencies.

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(2) (A) The authority shall convene interested stakeholders for
the purpose of determining the single set of data elements and
formatting.

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(B) Stakeholders shall include representatives of the local EMS
agencies, air ambulance providers, and the authority. The authority
may reconvene the stakeholders annually to modify the elements
and formatting of the data.

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(3) The data elements and formatting shall comply with the
National EMS Information System (NEMSIS) and California EMS
Information System (CEMSIS) electronic health record.

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(b) The authority shall not mandate that an air ambulance
provider use a specific electronic health record system to collect
and share data with the begin delete authority. end delete begin insert local EMS agency. end insert

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(c) The authority shall provide a local EMS agency with direct
access to the data from the single central repository provided or
designated pursuant to subdivision (a).

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(d) Once the single central repository described in subdivision
(a) has been established, a local EMS agency shall not require
additional data reporting from an air ambulance provider.

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(c) In addition to submitting data to the local EMS agency, an
air ambulance provider shall submit data directly to the authority
if the authority requests it.

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(d) After the single data set described in subdivision (a) has
been established, a local EMS agency shall not require additional
data elements or formatting from an air ambulance provider.

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