Emergency medical services: mobile field hospitals.

Existing law establishes the Office of Emergency Services in the office of the Governor and makes the office responsible for the state's emergency and disaster response services for natural, technological, or manmade disasters and emergencies. Existing law authorizes the purchase of mobile field hospitals. This bill would make an appropriation of $2,000,000 from the General Fund to the Office of Emergency Services for the purpose of providing maintenance and upkeep of one or more mobile field hospitals that would be ready and available within 72 hours to assist local communities in the event of a natural disaster or other mass casualty incident. The bill would make related findings and declarations.