Emergency medical services.

The legislative counsel's digest was changed from 'extend the operative date of these provisions indefinitely' to 'extend the operative date of these provisions until January 1, 2037.' This corrects a discrepancy between the digest and the statutory text, confirming that the EMS fund penalty (Government Code 76000.5), the pediatric trauma center funding requirement (Richie's Fund), and the administrative cost reimbursement provision all sunset on January 1, 2037 rather than being made permanent.

The operative date of the Maddy EMS Fund provisions was changed from 'indefinitely' (permanent) to 'until January 1, 2037.' This applies to Section 1(e), Section 1797.98a(e) (pediatric trauma center funding / Richie's Fund), and Section 1797.98a(f) (administrative cost reimbursement). The original introduced version would have made these provisions permanent; the amendment instead sets a specific 10-year sunset from the prior January 1, 2027 deadline.

Three new coauthors were added: Assembly Members Alanis, Hadwick, and Krell, joining the existing coauthors Patterson, Soria, and Wallis.

Minor wording changes throughout: 'in effect' was changed to 'operative' in two subsections, and a redundant word ('Any') was removed before 'A physician and surgeon' in Section 1797.98a(d).