Chapter 11Emergency and Critical Care Services for Children

Section § 1799.200

Explanation

This law requires the California State Department of Health Services to hire an expert organization to assess pediatric emergency medical and critical care systems. The evaluation will involve consultations with various professional associations and agencies.

The main goals include developing criteria to understand how changes in these systems impact the care of critically ill children, comparing systems across the state, and checking if the needed data is available. Additionally, it will estimate the costs associated with data collection for providers and recommend effective monitoring strategies.

(a)CA Health and Safety Code § 1799.200(a)  The State Department of Health Services shall contract with an organization with expertise in program evaluation, pediatric emergency medical services, and critical care, for the purposes specified in subdivision (b).
(b)CA Health and Safety Code § 1799.200(b)  The contractor, in consultation with a professional pediatric association, a professional emergency physicians association, a professional emergency medical services medical directors association, the Emergency Medical Services Authority, and the State Department of Health Services, shall perform a study that will identify the outcome criteria which can be used to evaluate pediatric critical care systems. This study shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(1)CA Health and Safety Code § 1799.200(b)(1)  Development of criteria to identify how changes in pediatric critical care systems affect the treatment of critically ill and injured children.
(2)CA Health and Safety Code § 1799.200(b)(2)  Development of criteria to compare the systems in place in various areas of the state.
(3)CA Health and Safety Code § 1799.200(b)(3)  Determination of whether the necessary data is currently available.
(4)CA Health and Safety Code § 1799.200(b)(4)  Estimate of the cost to providers, such as emergency medical service agencies and hospitals, of collecting this data.
(5)CA Health and Safety Code § 1799.200(b)(5)  Recommendations concerning the most reliable and cost-effective monitoring plan for use by agencies and facilities at the state, regional, and local levels.
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(Added by renumbering Section 1199.200 by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1091, Sec. 68.)

Section § 1799.201

Explanation

By January 1, 1991, the contractor must provide the study results to both the Legislature and the Governor.

The contractor shall submit the results of the study to the Legislature and the Governor not later than January 1, 1991.
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(Added by renumbering Section 1199.201 by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1091, Sec. 69.)