Hospitals
Sen. Alex Padilla's (D-Pacoima) SB 902 was amended to permit counties to raise fines for traffic violations to help support emergency medical services. Originally, the bill dealt with firefighters' use of dogs (Bill text, 8/15). The measure is before the Assembly Rules Committee (Bill status, 8/15).
SB 158 by Sen. Dean Florez (D-Shafter) was amended to require hospitals to adopt plans aimed at preventing patient safety events and create a surveillance program within the Department of Public Health for hospital-acquired infections (Bill text, 8/15).