Attorney General No.
SA2003RF0043
Secretary of State No.
1010
Description
Provides funding for emergency personnel training and equipment, reimbursement for uncompensated emergency physician care, uncompensated community clinic care, emergency telephone system improvements, and to hospitals for emergency services. Commission to administer physician funding. Funded by: Addition of 3% to surcharge rate on telephone use within California; portions of tobacco taxes; criminal and traffic penalties. Monthly cap of 50 cents on surcharge collected by residential service providers, but not cell phone or business lines. Excludes funding from government appropriations limitations, and telephone surcharge from Proposition 98's school spending requirements. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local governments: Increased revenues of about $550 million annually from increased charges on telephone usage for emergency care services and other specified purposes. These revenues would probably grow in future years.
Proponents
Kacey Hansen, RN, William Wesley Fields, MD, C/o Thomas Hiltachk, Bell, McAndrews, Hiltachk & Davidian, LLP, 455 Capitol Mall, Suite 801, Sacramento, CA 95814, (916) 442-7757
Date
11-14-2003
Document Type
Initiative
Qualified
Failed to Qualify
Recommended Citation
EMERGENCY AND MEDICAL SERVICES. FUNDING. TELEPHONE SURCHARGE. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND STATUTE. California Initiative 1010 (2003).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_inits/1166