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AB-1403 • 2026

Emergency services.

Emergency services.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Hart
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about the nature of the nonsubstantive changes made to the Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund.

Emergency Services for Ambulances

AB-1403 allows counties and local EMS agencies to provide ambulance services within their jurisdiction, sets requirements for contracts with emergency ambulance providers, and makes minor changes to the Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows a county board of supervisors or a local EMS agency to provide ambulance services in their area by assigning this duty to an existing department.
  • Requires counties and local EMS agencies to adopt written policies for emergency ambulance service providers before entering into contracts with them.
  • Includes specific requirements that must be part of any contract between a county/local EMS agency and an emergency ambulance provider.
  • Makes minor changes to the Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Counties and local Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agencies
  • Emergency ambulance service providers

Terms To Know

Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund
A fund in the State Treasury used for state projects.
Local EMS agency
An entity designated by a county board of supervisors to manage emergency medical services within its jurisdiction.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how much funding will be provided for ambulance services.
  • It is unclear what happens if an existing department cannot provide the necessary staffing, vehicles, and equipment for ambulance services.
  • The exact nature of the nonsubstantive changes to the Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund are not detailed.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

  2. 2026-01-31 California Legislative Information

    Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.

  3. 2025-03-25 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on E.M.

  4. 2025-03-24 California Legislative Information

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

  5. 2025-03-24 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Coms. on E.M and Health.

  6. 2025-02-24 California Legislative Information

    Read first time.

  7. 2025-02-22 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

  8. 2025-02-21 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1403, as amended, Hart.
Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund.
Emergency services.
Existing law, the Emergency Medical Services System and the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act, governs local emergency medical services (EMS) systems, authorizes each county to develop an EMS program and designate a local EMS agency, and requires the Emergency Medical Services Authority to receive plans for the implementation of EMS systems from local EMS agencies, as specified. Existing law requires a county to enter into a written agreement with a city or fire district that contracted for or provided prehospital EMS as of June 1, 1980. Existing law requires, until that written agreement is reached, prehospital EMS to be continued at not less than the existing level and the administration of prehospital EMS by cities and fire districts contracting for or providing those services as of
June 1, 1980, to be retained by those cities and fire districts, as specified.
This bill would authorize a county board of supervisors or the governing body of an entity or a joint powers agency designated as the local EMS agency by the board of supervisors to provide ambulance services to persons located within the county’s jurisdiction by specified means, including assigning the duty of providing ambulance services to residents of the county to an existing county department and providing the department with the necessary staffing, vehicles, and equipment to provide ambulance services.
The bill would require a county board of supervisors or a local EMS agency to adopt a written policy, including specified requirements, for an emergency ambulance services provider in order to enter into a contract with a provider for
emergency ambulance services and would include required provisions for those contracts.
The bill would make related findings and declarations.
The Building Homes and Jobs Act (BHJA) creates in the State Treasury the Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund and requires the moneys in the fund to be appropriated through the annual Budget Act or as prescribed in the BHJA.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.

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