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CA Health & Safety Code § 1812 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 13 - Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 1812.

1812.   “Authorized mental health facility” means a facility that is licensed or certified as a mental health treatment facility or a hospital, as defined in subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 1250, by the State Department of Public Health, and may include, but is not limited to, a licensed psychiatric hospital, a licensed psychiatric health facility, or a certified crisis stabilization unit. An authorized mental health facility may also be a psychiatric health facility licensed by the State Department of Health Care Services. The facility shall be staffed at all times with at least one registered nurse.(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 138, Sec. 4. (AB 1544) Effective January 1, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2024, pursuant to Section 1857.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1813 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 13 - Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 1813.

1813.  (a) “Authorized sobering center” means a noncorrectional facility that is staffed at all times with at least one registered nurse, that provides a safe, supportive environment for intoxicated individuals to become sober, that is identified as an alternate destination in a plan developed pursuant to Section 1843, and that meets any of the following requirements:(1) The facility is a federally qualified health center, including a clinic described in subdivision (b) of Section 1206.(2) The facility is certified by the State Department of Health Care Services, Substance Use Disorder Compliance Division to provide outpatient, nonresidential detoxification services.(3) The facility has been accredited as a sobering center under the standards developed by the National Sobering Collaborative. Facilities granted approval for operation by OSHPD before November 28, 2017, under the Health Workforce Pilot Project No. 173, may continue operation until one year after the National Sobering Collaborative accreditation becomes available.(b) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a) do not impose any new or additional licensure or oversight responsibilities on the State Department of Health Care Services or the State Department of Public Health with regard to authorized sobering centers.(c) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a) do not make an authorized sobering center eligible for reimbursement under the Medicaid program.(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 138, Sec. 4. (AB 1544) Effective January 1, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2024, pursuant to Section 1857.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1814 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 13 - Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 1814.

1814.  “Community paramedic” means a paramedic licensed under this division who has completed the curriculum for community paramedic training adopted pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 1830, has received certification in one or more of the community paramedicine program specialties described in Section 1815, and is accredited to provide community paramedic services by a local EMS agency as part of an approved community paramedicine program.(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 138, Sec. 4. (AB 1544) Effective January 1, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2024, pursuant to Section 1857.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1815 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 13 - Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 1815.

1815.  “Community paramedicine program” means a program developed by a local EMS agency and approved by the Emergency Medical Services Authority to provide community paramedicine services consisting of one or more of the program specialties described in this section under the direction of medical protocols developed by the local EMS agency that are consistent with the minimum medical protocols established by the authority. Community paramedicine services may consist of the following program specialties: (a) Providing directly observed therapy (DOT) to persons with tuberculosis in collaboration with a public health agency to ensure effective treatment of the tuberculosis and to prevent spread of the disease.(b) Providing case management services to frequent emergency medical services users in collaboration with, and by providing referral to, existing appropriate community resources.(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 138, Sec. 4. (AB 1544) Effective January 1, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2024, pursuant to Section 1857.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1816 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 13 - Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 1816.

1816.  “Community paramedicine provider” means an advanced life support provider authorized by a local EMS agency to provide advanced life support who has entered into a contract to deliver community paramedicine services as described in Section 1815 as part of an approved community paramedicine program developed by a local EMS agency and approved by the Emergency Medical Services Authority.(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 138, Sec. 4. (AB 1544) Effective January 1, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2024, pursuant to Section 1857.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1817 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 13 - Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 1817.

1817.  “Public agency” means a city, county, city and county, special district, or other political subdivision of the state that provides first response services, including emergency medical care.(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 138, Sec. 4. (AB 1544) Effective January 1, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2024, pursuant to Section 1857.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1818 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 13 - Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 1818.

1818.  “Triage paramedic” means a paramedic licensed under this division who has completed the curriculum for triage paramedic services adopted pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 1830 and has been accredited by a local EMS agency in one or more of the triage paramedic specialties described in Section 1819 as part of an approved triage to alternate destination program.(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 138, Sec. 4. (AB 1544) Effective January 1, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2024, pursuant to Section 1857.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1819 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 13 - Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 1819.

1819.  (a) “Triage to alternate destination program” means a program developed by a local EMS agency and approved by the Emergency Medical Services Authority to provide triage paramedic assessments consisting of one or more specialties described in this section operating under triage and assessment protocols developed by the local EMS agency that are consistent with the minimum triage and assessment protocols established by the authority. Triage paramedic assessments may consist of the following program specialties:(1) Providing care and comfort services to hospice patients in their homes in response to 911 calls by providing for the patient’s and the family’s immediate care needs, including grief support in collaboration with the patient’s hospice agency until the hospice nurse arrives to treat the patient. This paragraph does not impact or alter existing authorities applicable to a licensed paramedic operating under the medical control policies adopted by a local EMS agency medical director to treat and keep a hospice patient in the patient’s current residence, or otherwise require transport to an acute care hospital in the absence of an approved triage to alternate destination hospice program.(2) Providing patients with advanced life support triage and assessment by a triage paramedic and transportation to an alternate destination facility, as defined in Section 1811.(3) Providing transport services for patients who identify as veterans and desire transport to a local veterans administration emergency department for treatment, when appropriate.(b) This section does not prevent or eliminate any authority to provide continuous transport of a patient to a participating hospital for priority evaluation by a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant before transport to an alternate destination facility.(c) This section does not impair or otherwise interfere with an emergency medical services provider’s ability to deliver emergency medical transport services as authorized pursuant to Section 1797.224 or a city or fire district to operate pursuant to Section 1797.201.(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 138, Sec. 4. (AB 1544) Effective January 1, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2024, pursuant to Section 1857.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1820 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 13 - Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 1820.

1820.  “Triage to alternate destination provider” means an advanced life support provider authorized by a local EMS agency to provide advanced life support triage paramedic assessments as part of an approved triage to alternate destination program specialty, as described in Section 1819.(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 138, Sec. 4. (AB 1544) Effective January 1, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2024, pursuant to Section 1857.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1825 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 13 - Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination|ARTICLE 3 - State Administration|Section 1825.

1825.  On or before March 1, 2021, the director of the Emergency Medical Services Authority shall establish a community paramedicine and triage to alternate destination oversight advisory committee pursuant to Section 1797.133, to advise the authority on the development and oversight of community paramedicine program and triage to alternate destination program specialties described in Sections 1815 and 1819, respectively. Committee membership shall include representatives from entities within the emergency medical response system, including, but not limited to, all of the following:(a) Local emergency medical services agency administrators.(b) Local emergency medical services agency medical directors.(c) Public safety agency medical directors.(d) Physicians and surgeons, including emergency room physicians.(e) Nurses, including nurses that specialize in treatment of substance use disorders who treat patients in authorized sobering centers.(f) Hospital administrators.(g) Public first responder paramedics.(h) Private first responder paramedics.(i) Medical professionals specializing in all of the following:(1) Home health care.(2) Hospice care.(3) Mental health.(4) Substance abuse disorder treatment who treat patients in authorized sobering centers.(j) Physicians and surgeons specializing in the comprehensive care of individuals with cooccurring mental health or psychosocial and substance use disorders who treat patients in authorized mental health facilities.(k) Licensed clinical social workers, including social workers who have experience providing services described in subdivision (b) of Section 1815.(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 138, Sec. 4. (AB 1544) Effective January 1, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2024, pursuant to Section 1857.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1832 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 13 - Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination|ARTICLE 3 - State Administration|Section 1832.

1832.  (a) The Emergency Medical Services Authority shall develop and periodically review and update the minimum medical protocols applicable to each community paramedicine program specialty described in Section 1815 and the minimum triage and assessment protocols for triage to alternate destination program specialties described in Section 1819.(b) In complying with the requirements of this section, the authority shall establish and consult with an advisory committee comprised of the following members:(1) Individuals in the fields of public health, social work, hospice, substance use, or mental health with expertise commensurate with the program specialty or specialties described in Section 1815 or 1819.(2) Physicians and surgeons whose primary practice is emergency medicine.(3) Two local EMS medical directors selected by the EMS Medical Directors Association of California.(4) Two local EMS directors selected by the California Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians.(c) The protocols developed pursuant to this section shall be based upon, and informed by, the Community Paramedicine Pilot Program under the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development’s Health Workforce Pilot Project No. 173, and further refinements provided by local EMS agencies during the course and operation of the pilot projects.(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 138, Sec. 4. (AB 1544) Effective January 1, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2024, pursuant to Section 1857.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1833 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 13 - Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination|ARTICLE 3 - State Administration|Section 1833.

1833.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the Emergency Medical Services Authority shall submit an annual report on the community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination programs operating in California to the relevant policy committees of the Legislature in accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code and shall post the annual report on its internet website. The authority shall submit and post its first report one year after the authority adopts the regulations described in Section 1830. Thereafter, the authority shall submit and post its report annually on or before January 1 of each year.(b) The report required by this section shall include all of the following:(1) An assessment of each program specialty, including an assessment of patient outcomes in the aggregate and an assessment of any adverse patient events resulting from services provided under plans approved pursuant to this chapter.(2) An assessment of the impact that the program specialties have had on the emergency medical system.(3) An update on the implementation of program specialties operating in local EMS agency jurisdictions.(4) Policy recommendations for improving the administration of local plans and patient outcomes.(c) All data collected by the authority shall be posted on its internet website in a downloadable format and in a manner that protects the confidentiality of individually identifiable patient information.(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 138, Sec. 4. (AB 1544) Effective January 1, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2024, pursuant to Section 1857.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1834 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 13 - Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination|ARTICLE 3 - State Administration|Section 1834.

1834.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, on or before April 1, 2023, the Emergency Medical Services Authority shall submit a final report on the results of the community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination programs operating in California to the relevant policy committees of the Legislature, in accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, and shall post the report on its internet website.(b) The authority shall identify and contract with an independent third-party evaluator to develop the report required by this section.(c) The report shall include all of the following:(1) A detailed assessment of each community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination program operating in local EMS agency jurisdictions.(2) An assessment of patient outcomes in the aggregate resulting from services provided under approved plans under the program.(3) An assessment of workforce impact due to implementation of the program.(4) An assessment of the impact of the program on the emergency medical services system.(5) An assessment of how the currently operating program specialties achieve the legislative intent stated in Section 1801.(6) An assessment of community paramedic and triage training.(d) The report may include recommendations for changes to, or the elimination of, community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination program specialties that do not achieve the community health and patient goals described in Section 1801.(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 138, Sec. 4. (AB 1544) Effective January 1, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2024, pursuant to Section 1857.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1835 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 13 - Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination|ARTICLE 3 - State Administration|Section 1835.

1835.  (a) The Emergency Medical Services Authority shall review a local EMS agency’s proposed community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination program using procedures consistent with Section 1797.105 and review the local EMS agency’s program protocols in order to ensure compliance with the statewide minimum protocols developed under Section 1832.(b) The authority may impose conditions as part of the approval of a community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination program that the local EMS agency is required to incorporate into its program to achieve consistency with the authority’s regulations and the provisions of this chapter.(c) The authority shall approve or deny the proposed community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination program no later than six months after it is submitted by the local EMS agency.(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 138, Sec. 4. (AB 1544) Effective January 1, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2024, pursuant to Section 1857.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1836 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 13 - Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination|ARTICLE 3 - State Administration|Section 1836.

1836.  (a) A community paramedicine pilot program approved under the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development’s Health Workforce Pilot Project No. 173 before January 1, 2020, is authorized to operate until one year after the regulations described in Section 1830 become effective.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a community paramedicine short-term, post-discharge followup pilot program that was approved on or before January 1, 2019, under the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development’s Health Workforce Pilot Project No. 173, and was continuing to enroll patients as of January 1, 2019, may continue operation until January 1, 2024. The authority shall seek federal funding or funding from private sources to support the continued operation of the post-discharge programs described in this subdivision. As part of any annual reports submitted in 2022 and 2023, the authority shall include in its annual report to the Legislature, as required by Section 1833, an analysis of the post-discharge followup pilot programs operating pursuant to this subdivision.(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 138, Sec. 4. (AB 1544) Effective January 1, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2024, pursuant to Section 1857.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1840 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 13 - Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination|ARTICLE 4 - Local Administration|Section 1840.

1840.  A local EMS agency may develop a community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination program that is consistent with the Emergency Medical Services Authority’s regulations and the provisions of this chapter and submit evidence of compliance with the requirements of Section 1841 and Sections 1842 and 1843, as applicable, to the authority for approval pursuant to Section 1835.(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 138, Sec. 4. (AB 1544) Effective January 1, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2024, pursuant to Section 1857.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1841 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES|CHAPTER 13 - Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination|ARTICLE 4 - Local Administration|Section 1841.

1841.  A local EMS agency that elects to develop a community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination program shall do all of the following:(a) Integrate the proposed community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination program into the local EMS agency’s emergency medical services plan described in Article 2 (commencing with Section 1797.250) of Chapter 4.(b) Provide medical control and oversight.(c) Consistent with this article, develop a process to select community paramedicine providers or triage to alternate destination providers, to provide services as described in Section 1815 or 1819, at a periodic interval established by the local EMS agency.(d) Facilitate any necessary agreements with one or more community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination providers for the delivery of community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination services within the local EMS agency’s jurisdiction that are consistent with the proposed community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination program. The local EMS agency shall provide medical control and oversight of the program.(e) The local EMS agency shall not include, in a request for proposal or otherwise, the provision of community paramedic program specialties or triage to alternate destination program specialties as part of an existing or proposed contract for the delivery of emergency medical transport services awarded pursuant to Section 1797.224. The local EMS agency shall not offer additional points or preferences to a bidder for emergency medical transport services on the basis that the bidder will provide, or has negotiated or agreed to provide, community paramedicine or triage to alternate destinations.(f) The local EMS agency shall prohibit triage and assessment protocols or a triage paramedic’s decision to authorize transport to an alternate destination facility from being based on, or affected by, a patient’s ethnicity, citizenship, age, preexisting medical condition, insurance status, economic status, ability to pay for medical services, or any other characteristic listed or defined in subdivision (b) or (e) of Section 51 of the Civil Code, except to the extent that a circumstance such as age, sex, preexisting medical condition, or physical or mental disability is medically significant to the provision of appropriate medical care to the patient.(g) Facilitate funding discussions between a community paramedicine provider, triage to alternate destination provider, or incumbent emergency medical transport provider and public or private health system participants to support the implementation of the local EMS agency’s community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination program.(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 138, Sec. 4. (AB 1544) Effective January 1, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2024, pursuant to Section 1857.)