AB-1607 • 2026

Emergency medical services.

Children Healthcare

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Mark González
Last action: 2026-04-20
Official status: In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide information about the bill's status beyond it being in the Senate, so claims about its passage are removed.

Emergency Medical Services Fund Extension

AB-1607 extends the current rules for using money in the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Fund to improve access and coordination of pediatric trauma and emergency services until January 1, 2037.

What This Bill Does

Extends the deadline for using 15% of the EMS fund to improve access and coordination of pediatric trauma and emergency services until January 1, 0037.
Keeps the requirement that county boards can add a $2 penalty for every $10 collected from fines, penalties, and forfeitures for criminal offenses into the EMS Fund.
Requires that 15% of the money added to the EMS fund through these penalties be used to support pediatric trauma centers until January 1, 2037.

Who It Names or Affects

People who need emergency medical services, especially children
County boards of supervisors

Terms To Know

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Fund: A fund that helps pay for costs related to emergency medical care.
Pediatric trauma centers: Special hospitals or departments that treat children who have serious injuries from accidents or other emergencies.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens after January 1, 2037.
It is unclear how much money will be added to the EMS fund through penalties on criminal offenses.

Bill History

2026-04-20 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2026-04-20 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-16 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-04-15 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 14).
2026-04-06 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2026-03-26 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended.
2026-03-25 California Legislative Information
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (March 24).
2026-03-02 California Legislative Information
Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and PUB. S.
2026-01-21 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee February 20.
2026-01-20 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1607, as amended, Mark González.
Emergency medical services.
Existing law establishes the Maddy Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Fund and authorizes each county to establish an emergency medical services fund for reimbursement of costs related to emergency medical services. Existing law, until January 1, 2027, requires 15% of the fund to be used to, among other things, improve access to, and coordination of, pediatric trauma and emergency services, with specified preferences, and requires the cost of administering money deposited into the EMS Fund to be reimbursed from the money collected, as specified.
Existing law, until January 1, 2027, authorizes county boards of supervisors to elect to levy an additional penalty, for deposit into the EMS Fund, in the amount of $2 for every $10 upon fines, penalties, and forfeitures collected for criminal offenses. Existing law, until January 1, 2027, requires 15%
of the funds collected pursuant to that provision to be used to provide funding for pediatric trauma centers.
This bill would extend the operative date of these provisions
indefinitely.
until January 1, 2037.

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