20250AB__204196AMD INTRODUCED 2026-02-17 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2026-03-16 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2026-04-16 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2026-05-18 2025 AB AMD Introduced by Assembly Member Carrillo LEAD_AUTHOR ASSEMBLY Carrillo

An act to amend

Section 1797.161 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to emergency medical services. emergency medical services Emergency medical services. Existing law, the Warren-911-Emergency Assistance Act, requires every local public agency to establish within its jurisdiction a basic emergency telephone system that includes, at a minimum, police, firefighting, and emergency medical and ambulance services. Existing law establishes the Office of Emergency Services within the office of the Governor and requires the office to be responsible for the state’s emergency and disaster response services, as specified.

Existing law requires the office, at specified intervals, to consult with, among others, the State Fire Marshal and the State Department of Public Health in order to review and update technical and operational standards for public agency systems. Existing law requires a public safety agency that provides “911” call processing services for emergency medical response to, by January 1, 2027, provide prearrival medical instructions to “911” callers requiring medical assistance, as specified.

This bill would require a public safety agency described above that was not providing prearrival instructions to the “911” callers described above on or before January 1, 2026, to report to their local emergency medical services agency the status of their compliance with the above-described requirement on or before January 31, 2027.

This bill would require the office, as part of its review and update of technical and operational standards, to include updates to “911” call processing services that provide prearrival medical instructions.</xhtml:p>"?> MAJORITY NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION

Section 1797.161 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read: 1797.161. (

a) By January 1, 2027, a public safety agency that provides “911” call processing services for emergency medical response shall provide prearrival medical instructions to “911” callers requiring medical assistance, including, at a minimum, all of the following:

(1) Airway and choking medical instructions for infants, children, and adults.

(2) Automatic external defibrillator (AED) and CPR instructions for children and adults.

(3) Childbirth.

(4) Bleeding control and hemorrhage.

(5) Administration of epinephrine by auto-injector for suspected anaphylaxis.

(6) Administration of naloxone for suspected narcotics overdoses. (

b) A public safety agency may satisfy the requirements of subdivision (

a) by contracting with another public safety agency that provides prearrival medical instructions. (

c) Prearrival medical instructions developed pursuant to subdivision (

a) or (

b) shall be approved by the local EMS agency medical director pursuant to subdivisions (

c) and (

d) of

Section 1797.223 and implemented consistent with the medical protocols and procedures adopted by the public safety agency. (

d) On or before January 31, 2027, a public safety agency that provides “911” call processing services for emergency medical response that was not providing prearrival instructions to “911” callers requiring medical assistance on or before January 1, 2026, shall report to their local EMS agency the status of their compliance with this section. (d)</xhtml:p>"?> (

e) This

section does not require a public safety agency to update its policies and procedures if the public safety agency already provides prearrival medical instructions through emergency medical dispatch or other means and those instructions have been approved by the local EMS agency medical director. (e)</xhtml:p>"?> (

f) A public safety agency dispatching peace officers to the scene of an emergency shall not constitute call processing services for emergency medical response for purposes of this section, even though the peace officers may administer first aid and CPR pursuant to

Section 1797.183. (f)</xhtml:p>"?> (

g) This

section shall not be construed to alter, modify, abridge, diminish, enlarge, or constrain the authority’s ability to adopt guidelines or regulations for emergency medical dispatch, including dispatcher training, under existing law, including, but not limited to, Sections 1797.103 and 1797.107. (g)</xhtml:p>"?> (

h) This

section does not supersede

Section 1797.201, 1797.223, 1798.6, or 1798.8, or

Section of the Government Code. <caml:Num>SECTION 1.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_AMENDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:GOV:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'TITLE'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'5.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'DIVISION'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'2.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'PART'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'1.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'CHAPTER'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'1.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'ARTICLE'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'6.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'53114.2.'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator">Section 53114.2 of the <caml:DocName>Government Code</caml:DocName> is amended to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_0C056007-72D9-46B6-A9E6-3C2549D90457"><caml:Num>53114.2.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_903D72AD-8818-4EC8-B08A-48AC6E8EC355"><caml:Content><xhtml:p>(a)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>On or before December 31, 1976, and each even-numbered year thereafter, after consultation with all agencies specified in

Section 53114.1, the office shall review and update technical and operational standards for public agency systems.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>(b)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>(1)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>In reviewing and updating technical and operational standards pursuant to subdivision (a), the office shall include updates to “911” call processing services for an emergency medical response as described in subdivision (

a) of

Section 1797.161 of the Health and Safety Code.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>(2)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>This subdivision does not authorize the office to determine for a public safety agency the training standards for, or the content of, the prearrival medical instructions described in subdivision (

a) of

Section 1797.161 of the Health and Safety Code.</xhtml:p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection>"?>