The purpose of the Emergency Ambulance Employee Safety and Preparedness Act is to enhance public health and safety by ensuring that emergency ambulance employees such as EMTs and paramedics receive adequate training, meal and rest time, and mental health benefits and are available to respond to 911 emergency-type requests for medical assistance at all times.
(Added November 6, 2018, by initiative Proposition 11, Sec. 1. Effective December 19, 2018.)