Bill Text: CA AB2730 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
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Bill Title: Access and functional needs: local government: agreement for emergency management and transportation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-09-29 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 256, Statutes of 2020. [AB2730 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB2730-Amended.html
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Bill Title: Access and functional needs: local government: agreement for emergency management and transportation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-09-29 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 256, Statutes of 2020. [AB2730 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB2730-Amended.html
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2730
| Introduced by Assembly Member Cervantes |
February 20, 2020 |
An act to amend Section 8593.3 of the Government Code, relating to emergency services.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2730, as amended, Cervantes.
Access and functional needs: local government: agreement for emergency management and transportation.
Existing law requires a county, including a city and county, to, upon the next update to its emergency plan, integrate access and functional needs into its emergency plan by addressing, at a minimum, how the access and functional needs population, as defined, is served by emergency communications, emergency evacuation, and emergency sheltering. Existing law also requires that a county, or city and county, include representatives from the access and functional needs population when making this update.
This bill would require authorize a county, including a city and county, to enter into an agreement with an adjacent county, upon the request of the adjacent
county, for purposes of permitting the adjacent county to borrow, for compensation, the county’s emergency management and transportation services in the event of an emergency that requires the evacuation and relocation of the access and functional needs population in the adjacent county. The bill would provide that define an adjacent county means “adjacent county” for these purposes as a county within the same standard metropolitan statistical area, as established by the United States Office of Management and Budget.
or a contiguous mutual aid region or regions, as defined. The bill, if a county, including a city and county, chooses to enter into an agreement under the bill’s provisions, would require that the county integrate the agreement into its emergency plan within 90 days of entering into the agreement.
This bill would require a county, including a city and county, that enters into an agreement pursuant to
the requirement described above to integrate the agreement into its emergency plan within 90 days of entering into the agreement. By imposing new duties on local government officials, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Digest Key
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 8593.3 of the Government Code is amended to read:8593.3.
(a) A county, including a city and county, shall, upon the next update to its emergency plan, integrate access and functional needs into its emergency plan by addressing, at a minimum, how the access and functional needs population is served by the following:(1) Emergency communications, including the integration of interpreters, translators, and assistive technology.
(2) Emergency evacuation, including the identification of transportation resources and resources that are compliant with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101 et seq.) for individuals who are dependent on public transportation.
(3) Emergency sheltering, including ensuring that designated shelters are compliant with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101 et seq.) or can be made compliant through modification and that showers and bathrooms are fully accessible to all occupants.
(b) For purposes of this section, the “access and functional needs population” consists of individuals who have developmental or intellectual disabilities, physical disabilities, chronic conditions, injuries, limited English proficiency or who are non-English speaking, seniors, children, people living in institutionalized settings, or those who are low income, homeless, or transportation disadvantaged, including, but not limited to, those who are dependent on public transit or those who are
pregnant.
(c) A county, or city and county, upon the next update to its emergency plan, regarding the integration of access and functional needs into that emergency plan, shall include representatives from the access and functional needs population, pursuant to subdivision (b), including, but not limited to, social service agencies, nonprofit organizations, and transportation providers.
(d) (1) (A) A county, including a city and county, shall may enter into an agreement with an adjacent county, upon the request of the adjacent county, for purposes of permitting the adjacent
county to borrow, for compensation, the county’s emergency management and transportation services in the event of an emergency that requires the evacuation and relocation of the access and functional needs population in the adjacent county. The services to be provided under an agreement entered into pursuant to this subdivision shall be available 24 hours per day, seven days per week.
(B)For purposes of this paragraph, “adjacent county” means a county within the same standard metropolitan statistical area, as established by the United States Office of Management and Budget.
(B) For purposes of this paragraph, “adjacent county” means a county within the same or a contiguous mutual aid region or regions, as defined in Section 8559.
(2) A county, including a city and county, shall integrate that chooses to enter into an agreement entered into
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall integrate that agreement into its emergency plan within 90 days of entering into the agreement.
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
