Colorado 2024 Regular Session

Colorado Senate Bill SB052 Compare Versions

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1	1	Second Regular Session
2	2	Seventy-fourth General Assembly
3	3	STATE OF COLORADO
4	4	INTRODUCED
5	5
6	6
7	7	LLS NO. 24-0276.01 Jason Gelender x4330
8	8	SENATE BILL 24-052
9	9	Senate Committees House Committees
10	10	Judiciary
11	11	A BILL FOR AN ACT
12	12	C
13	13	ONCERNING ONGOING FUNDING FOR THE COLORADO 911 RESOURCE101
14	14	CENTER, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH , REQUIRING102
15	15	REPORTING TO ENSURE THAT TH E FUNDING IS BEING EXPENDED103
16	16	EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY , AND MAKING AN104
17	17	APPROPRIATION.105
18	18	Bill Summary
19	19	(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
20	20	not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
21	21	passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
22	22	applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
23	23	http://leg.colorado.gov/
24	24	.)
25	25	Legislative Oversight Committee Concerning the Treatment
26	26	of Persons with Behavioral Health Disorders in the Criminal and
27	27	SENATE SPONSORSHIP
28	28	Fields, Rodriguez
29	29	HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
30	30	English, Amabile
31	31	Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
32	32	Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
33	33	Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. Juvenile Justice Systems. The bill requires the general assembly to
34	34	annually appropriate $250,000 from the general fund to the department
35	35	of regulatory agencies for use by the public utilities commission (PUC)
36	36	to fund the operations of the Colorado 911 resource center (center). The
37	37	center is required to provide to the PUC quarterly a report outlining the
38	38	use of the funding provided, and the PUC is required to include an
39	39	accounting of the expenditure and uses of this funding in an annual report
40	40	that current law requires it to make to the members of the general
41	41	assembly.
42	42	To help ensure that the training, guidance, and assistance provided
43	43	by the center to 911 professionals, including public safety access point
44	44	(PSAP) personnel, local 911 emergency call service authorities, and
45	45	PSAPs, is useful and is being effectively implemented, and that the
46	46	funding provided by the bill is being expended efficiently and effectively,
47	47	the center is required to:
48	48	! Survey 911 professionals regarding their perception of the
49	49	quality of the training;
50	50	! Survey local 911 emergency call service authorities and
51	51	PSAPs to determine the extent to which the training,
52	52	guidance, and assistance is being implemented and the
53	53	extent to which it is helping them to improve efficiency,
54	54	crisis response decisions, and outcomes in response to both
55	55	behavioral health crisis calls specifically and all emergency
56	56	calls received; and
57	57	! Summarize survey results in each quarterly report to the
58	58	PUC.
59	59	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
60	60	SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 29-11-100.2, add (3)2
61	61	as follows:3
62	62	29-11-100.2. Legislative declaration. (3) T
63	63	HE GENERAL4
64	64	ASSEMBLY FURTHER FINDS AND DECLARES THAT :5
65	65	(a) T
66	66	HE COMMISSION CREATED THE COLORADO 911 RESOURCE6
67	67	CENTER IN 2006 AS AN INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT ENTITY TO PROVIDE7
68	68	CENTRALIZED GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL 911 EMERGENCY8
69	69	CALL SERVICE AUTHORITIES AND PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINTS9
70	70	THROUGHOUT THE STATE ;10
71	71	SB24-052-2- (b) THE COLORADO 911 RESOURCE CENTER SUPPORTS LOCAL 9111
72	72	AUTHORITIES AND PROFESSIONALS IN KEEPING THE PUBLIC AND PUBLIC2
73	73	SAFETY RESPONDERS OF COLORADO SAFE BY PROVIDING TRAINING TO 9113
74	74	PROFESSIONALS, INCLUDING PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINT4
75	75	PERSONNEL, AND CREATING A STATEWIDE DATABASE AND5
76	76	CLEARINGHOUSE WHERE 911 PROFESSIONALS CAN LEARN ABOUT CURRENT6
77	77	ISSUES AND ABOUT HOW DIFFERENT LOCAL 911 AUTHORITIES AND PUBLIC7
78	78	SAFETY ANSWERING POINTS PROVIDE 911 SERVICES AND WHERE 9118
79	79	PROFESSIONALS CAN ALSO ACCESS SAMPLE POLICIES AND9
80	80	ORGANIZATIONAL DOCUMENTS ;10
81	81	(c) T
82	82	HE COLORADO 911 RESOURCE CENTER HAS BEEN FUNDED11
83	83	SINCE ITS INCEPTION FROM THE PROCEEDS OF A 2004 SETTLEMENT12
84	84	AGREEMENT APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION THAT REQUIRED A13
85	85	TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY TO PROVIDE TWO MILLION DOLLARS FOR14
86	86	THE CREATION AND OPERATION OF A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION TO ASSIST15
87	87	LOCAL PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINTS, BUT THAT FUNDING IS RUNNING16
88	88	OUT AND WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE ON AN ONGOING BASIS ; AND17
89	89	(d) T
90	90	HE COLORADO 911 RESOURCE CENTER PROVIDES A CRITICAL18
91	91	PUBLIC SERVICE THAT BENEFITS ALL COLORADANS, AND IT IS NECESSARY,19
92	92	APPROPRIATE, IN THE BEST INTEREST OF ALL COLORADANS, AND IN20
93	93	FURTHERANCE OF A PUBLIC PURPOSE TO PROVIDE ONGOING , ADEQUATE,21
94	94	AND SUSTAINABLE STATE FUNDING TO THE COLORADO 911 RESOURCE22
95	95	CENTER.23
96	96	SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 29-11-108 as24
97	97	follows:25
98	98	29-11-108. Colorado 911 resource center - ongoing funding -26
99	99	expenditures report - surveys - definition. (1) F
100	100	OR STATE FISCAL YEAR27
101	101	SB24-052
102	102	-3- 2024-25 AND FOR EACH STATE FISCAL YEAR THEREAFTER , THE GENERAL1
103	103	ASSEMBLY SHALL APPROPRIATE TWO HUNDRED FIFTY T HOUSAND DOLLARS2
104	104	FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE COMMISSION TO PROVIDE ONGOING3
105	105	FUNDING FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE COLORADO 911 RESOURCE CENTER.4
106	106	T
107	107	HE COMMISSION SHALL REMIT FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE EXPENSES OF5
108	108	THE COLORADO 911 RESOURCE CENTER.6
109	109	(2) (a) T
110	110	HE COLORADO 911 RESOURCE CENTER SHALL PROVIDE TO7
111	111	THE COMMISSION QUARTERLY , WITH THE FIRST REPORT BEING PROVIDED8
112	112	BY OCTOBER 1, 2024, A REPORT THAT OUTLINES THE EXPENDITURE AND9
113	113	USE OF THE FUNDING PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (1) OF THIS10
114	114	SECTION. THE COMMISSION SHALL INCLUDE AN ACCOUNTING OF THAT11
115	115	EXPENDITURE AND USE IN ITS ANNUAL REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE12
116	116	GENERAL ASSEMBLY REQUIRED BY SECTION 40-2-131.13
117	117	(b) T
118	118	O HELP ENSURE THAT THE TRAINING , GUIDANCE, AND14
119	119	ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY THE 911 RESOURCE CENTER TO 91115
120	120	PROFESSIONALS, INCLUDING PSAP PERSONNEL, LOCAL 911 EMERGENCY16
121	121	CALL SERVICE AUTHORITIES , AND PSAPS IS USEFUL AND IS BEING17
122	122	EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENTED AND THAT THE FUNDING PROVIDED PURS UANT18
123	123	TO SUBSECTION (1) OF THIS SECTION IS BEING EXPENDED EFFICIENTLY AND19
124	124	EFFECTIVELY, THE 911 RESOURCE CENTER, ON AN ONGOING BASIS, SHALL:20
125	125	(I) S
126	126	URVEY 911 PROFESSIONALS, INCLUDING PSAP PERSONNEL,21
127	127	WHO RECEIVE TRAINING FROM THE 911 RESOURCE CENTER REGARDING22
128	128	THEIR PERCEPTION OF THE QUALITY OF THE TRAINING ;23
129	129	(II) S
130	130	URVEY LOCAL 911 EMERGENCY CALL SERVICE AUTHORITIES24
131	131	AND PSAPS TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE TRAINING ,25
132	132	GUIDANCE, AND ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY THE 911 RESOURCE CENTER IS26
133	133	BEING IMPLEMENTED AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH IT IS HELPING THEM TO27
134	134	SB24-052
135	135	-4- IMPROVE EFFICIENCY, CRISIS RESPONSE DECISIONS, AND OUTCOMES IN1
136	136	RESPONSE TO BOTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS CALLS SPECIFICALLY AND2
137	137	ALL EMERGENCY CALLS RECEIVED ; AND3
138	138	(III) S
139	139	UMMARIZE SURVEY RESULTS IN EACH REPORT PROVIDED TO4
140	140	THE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (2)(a) OF THIS SECTION.5
141	141	(3) A
142	142	S USED IN THIS SECTION, "COLORADO 911 RESOURCE CENTER"6
143	143	MEANS THE COLORADO 911 RESOURCE CENTER CREATED BY THE7
144	144	COMMISSION OR ITS SUCCESSOR ENTITY .8
145	145	SECTION 3. Appropriation. For the 2024-25 state fiscal year,9
146	146	$250,000 is appropriated to the department of regulatory agencies for use10
147	147	by the public utilities commission. This appropriation is from the general11
148	148	fund. To implement this act, the public utilities commission may use this12
149	149	appropriation for the operations of the Colorado 911 resource center.13
150	150	SECTION 4. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,14
151	151	determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate15
152	152	preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for16
153	153	the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state17
154	154	institutions.18
155	155	SB24-052
156	156	-5-