CA SB1438

Requires the Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) to develop training standards and regulations for all prehospital emergency medical care personnel on the use and administration of naloxone hydrochloride and other opioid antagonists.

Requires EMSA to adopt regulations including naloxone hydrochloride administration in EMT-I certification training and scope of practice on or before July 1, 2016, substantially similar to existing EMT-II training requirements.

Authorizes local EMS agency medical directors to approve trial studies of opioid antagonist use by prehospital personnel, with training from such studies counting toward EMSA-established training requirements.

Permits the Attorney General to authorize hospitals and trauma centers to share overdose data with law enforcement, EMSA, and local emergency medical services agencies, limited to the number of overdoses and suspected primary substances involved, while maintaining complete patient confidentiality.