Emergency ambulance employees: mental health treatment.

Under existing law, every emergency ambulance employee is entitled to employer-paid mental health services through an employee assistance program (EAP) . Existing law requires the EAP coverage to provide up to 10 mental health treatments per issue, per calendar year. This bill would require a private emergency ambulance provider to provide an emergency ambulance employee who requests mental health treatment for critical incident stress management, as defined, or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) , in addition to the EAP coverage described above, in-person treatment from a qualified professional who is trained in the areas of critical incident stress management or PTSD.