§ 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 Repealed as of January 1, 2031, pursuant to Section 1857.)