Emergency services: liability.

Assembly Member Michelle Rodriguez's emergency services legislation extends liability protections to individuals who administer anti-seizure rescue medication during emergencies outside of school settings. The measure adds Section 1714.27 to the California Civil Code, shielding persons who provide this emergency care from professional review, civil liability, and criminal prosecution when acting in good faith without compensation.

The bill establishes specific parameters for these protections: the medication must be administered at the scene of an emergency to someone experiencing or suspected of experiencing a seizure, and the administrator's conduct cannot constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct. Educational institutions remain governed by existing protocols under the Seizure Safe Schools Act, which maintains separate requirements for medication administration in school environments.

This addition to the Civil Code parallels existing protections for other emergency interventions, such as the administration of opioid antagonists by trained individuals responding to suspected overdoses. The measure requires no state funding and takes effect immediately upon enactment, as it primarily modifies legal liability provisions rather than establishing new programs or administrative requirements.