AB 1276: Emergency response services: “911” call and dispatch data.

Existing law requires every local public agency within its respective jurisdiction to establish and have in operation a basic system, or be part of a system, that processes 911 emergency telephone calls. Existing law requires each system to include police, firefighting, and emergency medical and ambulance services, and authorizes the system to include other emergency services, such as poison control services, suicide prevention services, and civil defense services.

Existing law requires a public safety agency that provides 911 call processing services for emergency medical response to make a connection available from the public safety agency dispatch center to an emergency medical services (EMS) providers dispatch center for the timely transmission of emergency response information. Existing law requires a public safety agency implementing an emergency medical dispatch program to perform 911 call processing services and operate the program in accordance with applicable state guidelines and regulations and the policies adopted by the local EMS agency, as specified.

This bill would require the University of California at Davis Health (UC Davis Health) to establish a program for the receipt and collection of 911 emergency call and dispatch data, in order to complete an analysis of the data for the purpose of improving emergency response services systems. The bill would require UC Davis Health to adopt uniform statewide data standards for 911 call and dispatch data, as specified, and to create a data portal that catalogs the collected data, aggregated on a statewide level, excluding any personally identifiable information. and containing only deidentified data, as defined.

Under the bill, the Emergency Medical Services Authority, the Office of Emergency Services, the Department of Health Care Access and Information, and the Department of Justice would collaborate with UC Davis Health for purposes of this program.

The bill would require any applicable entity, as specified, whether state or local, public or private, that has available to it 911 call and dispatch data to send the data to UC Davis Health. By creating new duties for local public entities, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The bill would condition implementation of these provisions on an appropriation, consistent with any applicable federal or state privacy laws, and approval by the Regents of the University of California for the participation of UC Davis Health. Health, and the provisions not superseding or preempting the applicability of any existing state or federal privacy laws.

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 the statutory provisions noted above.