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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 3247 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6951 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2019 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 3247 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | REP. COOK, 65 | |
| 15 | 15 | th Dist. | |
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| 21 | 21 | AN ACT CONCERNING THE COMMUNICATION NEEDS OF PERSONS | |
| 22 | 22 | WHO ARE DEAF, HARD OF HEARING, OR DEAF -BLIND IN | |
| 23 | 23 | EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. | |
| 24 | 24 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 25 | 25 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 27 | 27 | That the general statutes be amended to require: (1) Law 1 | |
| 28 | 28 | enforcement agencies to send text message alerts to persons who are 2 | |
| 29 | 29 | deaf, hard of hearing or deaf-blind in schools; (2) visual lighting 3 | |
| 30 | 30 | signals, video messaging and auditory alarms to relay information; (3) 4 | |
| 31 | 31 | establishment of a method to allow persons who are deaf, hard of 5 | |
| 32 | 32 | hearing, or deaf-blind who are sheltering during an emergency to be 6 | |
| 33 | 33 | able to inform emergency responders of their location; and (4) 7 | |
| 34 | 34 | emergency responders to receive basic American Sign Language 8 | |
| 35 | 35 | training to allow them to communicate directions such as "hide", 9 | |
| 36 | 36 | "quiet", "get down" and "run" in an emergency. 10 | |
| 37 | 37 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 38 | 38 | To address the communication needs of persons who are deaf, hard of | |
| 39 | 39 | hearing or deaf-blind in emergency situations. |