AB 2425, as introduced, Brown. Public health: incident site reports.
Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health in state government. Existing law vests within the department certain duties and powers to protect and preserve the public health. Existing law establishes the Emergency Medical Services Authority in state government.
This bill would require the State Department of Public Health and the Emergency Medical Services Authority to, by regulation, adopt standards and protocols to establish a uniform incident site report requirement for purposes of collecting statewide information on unintentional injury incidents. The bill would require those regulations to be implemented on a statewide basis by every county, as prescribed.
By imposing additional duties on local entities, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Article 7 (commencing with Section 116090.5)
2is added to Chapter 5 of Part 10 of Division 104 of the Health and
3Safety Code, to read:
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(a) On or before June 1, 2018, the departments shall,
8by regulation, adopt standards and protocols to establish a uniform
9incident site report requirement for purposes of collecting statewide
10information on unintentional injury incidents.
11(b) The regulations adopted by the departments shall be
12implemented on a statewide basis by every county in the State of
13California for use by first responders.
14(c) The regulations shall, at a minimum, include the following:
15(1) A requirement that, upon responding to an incident, a first
16responder prepare and provide an incident site report to its county
17health department.
18(2) A requirement that the county health department be
19responsible for submitting the data received pursuant to paragraph
20(1) to the state’s EPICenter data system, no later than 60 days after
21receipt of the incident site report.
22(d) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall
23have the following meanings:
24(1) “Departments” means the State Department of Public Health
25and the Emergency Medical Services Authority.
26(2) “First responder” includes, but is not limited to, every local
27law enforcement entity, fire department, and any other first
28responder or entity that arranges for, or provides, emergency
29medical services within its boundaries, including paramedic
30services.
31(3) “Incident site reports” or “incident” relates to, among others,
32site reports or incidents that involve unintentional injuries from
33drownings, near drownings, burns, window falls, bicycle crashes,
P3 1pedestrian crashes, sleep suffocation, kids left in cars, vehicle
2backovers, vehicle frontovers, and poisoning.
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that
4this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to
5local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made
6pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division
74 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
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