CA Seeks To Label EMS Providers As A "Non Government Employee"

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American Medical Response

 

Help support California paramedics and EMTs by stopping a bill that would force EMS caregivers to wear a label on their uniforms that states,”NOT A GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE.” The bill would also require a label on ambulances stating, “THE OPERATOR OF THIS VEHICLE IS NOT A GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE.”

This language is derogatory and not acceptable to the men and women who provide lifesaving emergency care to 70% of California. Make your voice heard and tell the California Legislature that this insulting legislation is unacceptable, not only to you, but also to their constituents.

Please call the following members of the Assembly Judiciary Committee and tell them to vote NO on SB 556, ANTI-Private EMS legislation that will force private EMT’s and Paramedics to be subjected to unnecessary and stigmatizing labeling requirements.

 

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Is there some sort of backstory to this? Why would a bill like this be brought up?