Bill Sponsor
California Assembly Bill 1843
Session 20232024
Emergency ambulance employees.
Became Law
Became Law
Became Law on Sep 29, 2024
First Action
Jan 16, 2024
Latest Action
Sep 29, 2024
Origin Chamber
Assembly
Type
Bill
Bill Number
1843
State
California
Session
20232024
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Principal Coauthor
Assembly Votes (4)
Senate Votes (5)
Summary
Under the Emergency Ambulance Employee Safety and Preparedness Act, an initiative measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 11 at the November 6, 2018, statewide general election, every emergency ambulance employee is entitled to employer-paid mental health services through an employee assistance program (EAP) , and requires the EAP coverage to provide up to 10 mental health treatments per issue per calendar year. This bill would require an emergency ambulance provider, as defined, to offer to all emergency ambulance employees, upon the employee's request, peer support services to provide peer representatives who are available to come to the aid of their fellow employees on a broad range of emotional or professional issues. The bill would require a peer support program to be implemented through a labor-management agreement negotiated separately from a collective bargaining agreement covering affected emergency ambulance employees. This bill would specify conditions under which prescribed confidential communications between an emergency ambulance employee and a peer support team member may be disclosed. The bill would specify that an emergency ambulance employee who provides peer support services as a member of a peer support team, and the ambulance agency that employs them, shall not be liable for damages unless an act, error, or omission in performing peer support services constitutes gross negligence or intentional misconduct, except for an action for medical malpractice.
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