To: Board of Supervisors
From: Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Report Title: APPOINTMENT TO THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE COMMITTEE
Recommendation: Recommendation of the County Administrator
RECOMMENDATIONS:
REAPPOINT Archie Bowles, Danville resident, to the District II Seat of the Emergency Medical Care Committee for a two-year term with an expiration date of September 30, 2028, as recommended by Supervisor Candace Andersen.
FISCAL IMPACT:
NONE
BACKGROUND:
The duties of the Emergency Medical Care Committee (EMCC) are specified in the California Health and Safety Code Section 1797.274 and 1797.276. Their duties are to review the operations of each of the following at least annually:
1. Ambulance services operating within the county.
2. Emergency medical care offered within the county, including programs for training large numbers of people in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and lifesaving first aid techniques.
3. First aid practices in the County.
Additionally, the EMCC shall, at least annually, report to the Authority, and the local EMS Agency its observations and recommendations relative to its review of the ambulance services emergency medical care, and first aid practices, and programs for training people in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and lifesaving first aid techniques, and public participation in such programs in the county. The EMCC shall submit its observations and recommendations to the County Board of Supervisors which it serves and shall act in an advisory capacity to the County Board of Supervisors, and to the County EMS Agency, on all matters relating to emergency medical services as directed by the Board.
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors first established the EMCC in 1968 (Resolution 68/404) and reconfirmed the EMCC in 1980 (Resolution 80/1019). The Board abolished the EMCC (Resolution 94/343), recognizing that the Health Services Director may wish to reconstitute such a committee. The Board reinstated the EMCC as a Board advisory committee at its February 24, 1998 meeting, per SD2. The membership of the EMCC was prescribed per C.30, June 9, 1998. Bylaws adopted April 24, 2001, per C.190. Membership consists of consumer representatives, and representatives of EMS-related organizations and groups.
Supervisor Andersen advertised the vacancy, received one application, and is pleased that Mr. Bowles expressed a desire to continue his work on the Committee.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The District II seat will become vacant.