Emergency Medical Air Transportation Act.

Existing law, the Emergency Medical Air Transportation Act, imposed a penalty of $4 until December 31, 2022, upon every conviction for a violation of the Vehicle Code or a local ordinance adopted pursuant to the Vehicle Code, other than a parking offense. The act requires the court that imposed the fine to transfer the revenues collected to the Treasurer for deposit into the Emergency Medical Air Transportation and Children's Coverage Fund. Existing law requires the assessed penalty to continue to be collected, administered, and distributed until exhausted or until December 31, 2023, whichever occurs first. Existing law makes these provisions inoperative on July 1, 2025, and repeals those provisions as of January 1, 2026. This bill would recast the Emergency Medical Air Transportation Act, operative as of July 1, 2025, to continue the Emergency Medical Air Transportation and Children's Coverage Fund in the State Treasury. The bill would require the fund to be administered by the Director of Health Care Services, and further require moneys in the fund to be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the State Department of Health Care Services for emergency medical air transportation provider payments and children's health care coverage.