AB 2260 — Emergency response: trauma kits.

Summary

Under existing law, everyone is generally responsible, not only for the result of their willful acts, but also for an injury occasioned to another by their want of ordinary care or skill in the management of their property or person. Existing law exempts from civil liability any person who, in good faith and not for compensation, renders emergency medical or nonmedical care or assistance at the scene of an emergency other than an act or omission constituting gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct. Existing law exempts public or private organizations that sponsor, authorize, support, finance, or supervise the training of people, or certifies those people in emergency medical services, from liability for civil damages alleged to result from those training programs. This bill would define "trauma kit" to mean a first aid response kit that contains specified items, including, among other things, a tourniquet. The bill would allow medical materials and equipment and any additional items that are approved by the medical director of the local emergency medical services agency to be included as supplements in addition to the specified items that are required to be included in a trauma kit if they adequately treat a traumatic injury and can be stored in a readily available kit. The bill would require a person or entity that supplies a trauma kit to provide the person or entity that acquires the trauma kit with all information governing the use and maintenance of the trauma kit. The bill would apply the provisions governing civil liability described above to a lay rescuer or person who renders emergency care or treatment by the use of a trauma kit at the scene of an emergency. Existing law requires certain occupied structures that are not owned or operated by any local government entity and are constructed on or after January 1, 2017, to have an automated external defibrillator on the premises. This bill would require the person or entity responsible for managing the building, facility, and tenants of the above-referenced occupied structures, including those that are owned or operated by a local government entity, and that are constructed on or after January 1, 2023, to comply with certain requirements, including acquiring and placing at least 6 trauma kits on the premises, as specified, periodically inspecting and replacing the contents of a trauma kit, restocking the trauma kit after each use if the property managing entity or person is aware, or reasonably should be aware, that a trauma kit has been used, and notifying tenants of the building or structure of the location of the trauma kits, as specified. The bill would exempt a person or entity from liability for civil damages resulting from any acts or omissions in the rendering of emergency care if those requirements have been met and would exempt a property managing entity from civil damages resulting from the failure, improper operation, or malfunction of equipment or materials within a properly stocked trauma kit.

Bill Text

• Chaptered 09/27/22 - Chaptered Current pdf September 27, 2022
• Enrolled 08/24/22 - Enrolled pdf August 24, 2022
• Amended 06/21/22 - Amended Senate pdf June 21, 2022
• Amended 06/13/22 - Amended Senate pdf June 13, 2022
• Amended 04/07/22 - Amended Assembly pdf April 07, 2022
• Introduced 02/16/22 - Introduced pdf February 16, 2022
• AB2260 View text html

Action History

1. September 27, 2022

   Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 586, Statutes of 2022.

2. September 27, 2022

   Approved by the Governor.

3. August 29, 2022

   Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

4. August 22, 2022

   Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5973.).

5. June 30, 2022

   In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

6. June 30, 2022

   Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4574.).

7. June 28, 2022

   Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

8. June 27, 2022

   From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

9. June 21, 2022

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

10. June 15, 2022

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

11. June 13, 2022

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

12. June 09, 2022

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 8).

13. June 01, 2022

    Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD.

14. May 26, 2022

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

15. May 25, 2022

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 4921.)

16. May 19, 2022

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

17. May 18, 2022

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 18).

18. April 19, 2022

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

19. April 18, 2022

    Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

20. April 07, 2022

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

21. April 06, 2022

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

22. March 03, 2022

    Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD.

23. February 17, 2022

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.

24. February 16, 2022

    Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

• Rodriguez · Primary
• Hueso · Cosponsor

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