California Health and Safety Code

§ 1797.230

HSC § 1797.230 Effective Jan 1, 2022Div. 2.5 · Ch. 4 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)(1) A county may contract for emergency ambulance services with a fire agency that will provide those services, in whole or in part, through a written subcontract with a private ambulance service.

(2)This subdivision is declaratory of existing law regarding a county’s powers and authority to contract for emergency ambulance services.

(b)For purposes of this section, “fire agency” means a fire protection district, including a fire protection district that is governed by the county’s board of supervisors, a joint powers agency created for the provision of fire protection services, a city, a special district that provides fire protection services, or a local agency authorized by statute to provide fire protection services.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 460, Sec. 1. (AB 389) Effective January 1, 2022.