California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: To Executive 2 D cosponsors

AB 3115 — Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination Act.

Last action — Vetoed by Governor.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

(1) Existing law, the Emergency Medical Services System and the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act, governs local emergency medical services (EMS) systems. The existing act establishes the Emergency Medical Services Authority, which is responsible for the coordination and integration of EMS systems. Among other duties, existing law requires the authority is required to develop planning and implementation guidelines for EMS systems, provide technical assistance to existing agencies, counties, and cities for the purpose of developing the components of EMS systems, and receive plans for the implementation of EMS and trauma care systems from local EMS agencies. Existing law makes violation of the act or regulations adopted pursuant to the act punishable as a misdemeanor. This bill would establish within the act until January 1, 2025, the Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination Act of 2018. The bill would authorize a local EMS agency to develop a community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination program, as defined, to provide specified community paramedicine services. The bill would require the authority to develop regulations to establish minimum standards for a program, and would further require the Commission on Emergency Medical Services to review and approve those regulations. The bill would require the authority to review a local EMS agency's proposed program and approve, approve with conditions, or deny the proposed program no later than 6 months after it is submitted by the local EMS agency. The bill would require a local EMS agency that opts to develop a program to perform specified duties that include, among others, integrating the proposed program into the local EMS agency's EMS plan. The bill would require the Emergency Medical Services Authority to contract with an independent 3rd party to prepare a report on community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination programs on or before June 1, 2023, as specified. The bill would prohibit a person or organization from providing community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination services or representing, advertising, or otherwise implying that it is authorized to provide those services unless it is expressly authorized by a local EMS agency to provide those services as part of a program approved by the authority. The bill would also prohibit a community paramedic from providing community paramedicine services if he or she has not been certified and accredited to perform those services and is working as an employee of an authorized community paramedicine provider. Because a violation of the act described above is punishable as a misdemeanor, and this bill would create new requirements within the act, the bill would expand an existing crime, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. (2) Existing law authorizes a county to establish an emergency medical care committee and requires the committee, at least annually, to review the operations of ambulance services operating within the county, emergency medical care offered within the county, and first aid practices in the county. Existing law requires the county board of supervisors to prescribe the membership, and appoint the members, of the committee. This bill would require the committee to include additional members, as specified, and to advise a local EMS agency within the county on the development of its community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination program if the local EMS agency develops that program. The bill would specifically require the mayor of a city and county, rather than the county board of supervisors, to appoint the membership. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2025. (3) Existing law establishes the Commission on Emergency Medical Services with 18 members. The commission, among other things, reviews and approves regulations, standards, and guidelines developed by the authority. This bill would increase the membership of the commission to 20 members and modify the entities that submit names for appointment to the commission by the Governor, the Senate Committee on Rules, and the Speaker of the Assembly. (4) 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Vetoed by Governor.

  2. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.

  3. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 17.).

  4. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  5. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 7. Page 6121.).

  6. Ordered to third reading.

  7. Withdrawn from committee.

  8. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  9. Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 5853.)

  10. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c).

  11. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  12. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  13. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  14. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16).

  15. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  16. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  17. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  18. Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  19. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  20. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 29. Page 5535.)

  21. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  22. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 25).

  23. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  24. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  25. Read second time and amended.

  26. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 25).

  27. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on E. & R.

  28. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  29. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.

  30. Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and E. & R.

  31. From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.

  32. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 119 not signed on · 12 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (119)

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Votes

AB 3115 Gipson Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 57 Yea · 17 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 411304
Democratic 15001
Republican 1401
Total 571706
% of votes cast 71%21%0%8%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Not Voting
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Not Voting
Quirk — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Chu — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Burke — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Salas — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Holden — Yea
Rivas — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Fong — Nay
McCarty — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Nay
Cooley — Yea
Medina — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gray — Not Voting
Harper — Nay
Kiley — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Mathis — Nay
Mayes — Not Voting
Melendez — Nay
Obernolte — Nay
Steinorth — Nay
Cooper — Yea
Cunningham — Nay
Daly — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Not Voting
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Nay
Choi, Steven S. Republican Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

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3rd Reading AB3115 Gipson et al. By Hertzberg

Passed 25 Yea · 7 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 21707
Democratic 4001
Total 25708
% of votes cast 63%18%0%20%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Beall — Not Voting
Bradford — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Cannella — Not Voting
Fuller — Nay
Galgiani — Not Voting
Glazer — Yea
Chang — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Bates — Nay
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Yea
De León — Not Voting
Delgado — Not Voting
Nielsen — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Not Voting
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Do pass

Passed 5 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4200
Democratic 1000
Total 5200
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Nay
Beall — Yea
Hill — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Portantino — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Hill — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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AB 3115 GIPSON Assembly Third Reading

Passed 45 Yea · 29 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 322104
Democratic 13200
Republican 0600
Total 452904
% of votes cast 58%37%0%5%
How each member voted (78)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Nay
Baker — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Not Voting
Rodriguez — Yea
Weber — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Medina — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Burke — Yea
Holden — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Mathis — Nay
Mayes — Nay
Fong — Nay
Salas — Nay
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ting — Yea
Voepel — Nay
Wood — Yea
Frazier — Not Voting
Harper — Nay
Gray — Not Voting
Kiley — Nay
Maienschein — Nay
Chávez — Nay
Cooley — Nay
Cooper — Not Voting
Melendez — Nay
Obernolte — Nay
Steinorth — Nay
Waldron — Nay
Eggman — Yea
Cunningham — Nay
Daly — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Nay
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Nay
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Nay
Choi, Steven S. Republican Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

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Do pass.

Passed 12 Yea · 4 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9301
Democratic 3000
Republican 0100
Total 12401
% of votes cast 71%24%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Not Voting
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Nay
Friedman — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Nay

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 3115 do?
(1) Existing law, the Emergency Medical Services System and the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act, governs local emergency medical services (EMS) systems. The existing act establishes the Emergency Medical Services Authority, which is responsible for the coordination and integration of EMS systems. Among other duties, existing law requires the authority is required to develop planning and implementation guidelines for EMS systems, provide technical assistance to existing agencies, counties, and cities for the purpose of developing the components of EMS systems, and receive plans for the implementation of EMS and trauma care systems from local EMS agencies. Existing law makes violation of the act or regulations adopted pursuant to the act punishable as a misdemeanor. This bill would establish within the act until January 1, 2025, the Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination Act of 2018. The bill would authorize a local EMS agency to develop a community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination program, as defined, to provide specified community paramedicine services. The bill would require the authority to develop regulations to establish minimum standards for a program, and would further require the Commission on Emergency Medical Services to review and approve those regulations. The bill would require the authority to review a local EMS agency's proposed program and approve, approve with conditions, or deny the proposed program no later than 6 months after it is submitted by the local EMS agency. The bill would require a local EMS agency that opts to develop a program to perform specified duties that include, among others, integrating the proposed program into the local EMS agency's EMS plan. The bill would require the Emergency Medical Services Authority to contract with an independent 3rd party to prepare a report on community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination programs on or before June 1, 2023, as specified. The bill would prohibit a person or organization from providing community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination services or representing, advertising, or otherwise implying that it is authorized to provide those services unless it is expressly authorized by a local EMS agency to provide those services as part of a program approved by the authority. The bill would also prohibit a community paramedic from providing community paramedicine services if he or she has not been certified and accredited to perform those services and is working as an employee of an authorized community paramedicine provider. Because a violation of the act described above is punishable as a misdemeanor, and this bill would create new requirements within the act, the bill would expand an existing crime, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. (2) Existing law authorizes a county to establish an emergency medical care committee and requires the committee, at least annually, to review the operations of ambulance services operating within the county, emergency medical care offered within the county, and first aid practices in the county. Existing law requires the county board of supervisors to prescribe the membership, and appoint the members, of the committee. This bill would require the committee to include additional members, as specified, and to advise a local EMS agency within the county on the development of its community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination program if the local EMS agency develops that program. The bill would specifically require the mayor of a city and county, rather than the county board of supervisors, to appoint the membership. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2025. (3) Existing law establishes the Commission on Emergency Medical Services with 18 members. The commission, among other things, reviews and approves regulations, standards, and guidelines developed by the authority. This bill would increase the membership of the commission to 20 members and modify the entities that submit names for appointment to the commission by the Governor, the Senate Committee on Rules, and the Speaker of the Assembly. (4) 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors AB 3115?
AB 3115 is sponsored by Gipson, Mike A. (Democratic), Hertzberg, and Bonta, Mia (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 3115?
This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 3115?
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