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	7	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1082
	8	+	January Session, 2019
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	16	+	Introduced by:
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4		-	Senate Bill No. 1082
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6		-	Public Act No. 19-79
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9		-	AN ACT CONCERNING FU NDING FOR PUBLIC SAF ETY
10		-	ANSWERING POINTS AND INCENTIVES FOR REGIO NALIZATION
11		-	AND CONSOLIDATION TH EREOF.
	21	+	AN ACT CONCERNING TH E CONSOLIDATION OF PUBLIC SAFETY
	22	+	ANSWERING POINTS.
12	23		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
13	24		Assembly convened:
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15		-	Section 1. Section 28-24 of the general statutes is repealed and the
16		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
17		-	(a) There is established a Division of State-Wide Emergency
18		-	Telecommunications which shall be within the Department of
19		-	Emergency Services and Public Protection. The Division of State-Wide
20		-	Emergency Telecommunications shall be responsible for developing
21		-	and maintaining a state-wide emergency service telecommunications
22		-	policy. In connection with said policy, the division shall:
23		-	(1) Develop a state-wide emergency service telecommunications
24		-	plan specifying emergency police, fire and medical service
25		-	telecommunications systems needed to provide coordinated
26		-	emergency service telecommunications to all state residents, including
27		-	the physically disabled;
28		-	(2) (A) Develop and administer an enhanced emergency 9-1-1
29		-	program, which shall provide for: [(A)] (i) The replacement of existing
30		-	9-1-1 terminal equipment for each public safety answering point; [(B)] Senate Bill No. 1082
	26	+	Section 1. Section 28-24 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
	27	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2
	28	+	(a) There is established a Division of State-Wide Emergency 3
	29	+	Telecommunications which shall be within the Department of 4
	30	+	Emergency Services and Public Protection. The Division of State-Wide 5
	31	+	Emergency Telecommunications shall be responsible for developing 6
	32	+	and maintaining a state-wide emergency service telecommunications 7
	33	+	policy. In connection with said policy, the division shall: 8
	34	+	(1) Develop a state-wide emergency service telecommunications 9
	35	+	plan specifying emergency police, fire and medical service 10
	36	+	telecommunications systems needed to provide coordinated 11
	37	+	emergency service telecommunications to all state residents, including 12
	38	+	the physically disabled; 13 Raised Bill No. 1082
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34		-	(ii) the subsidization of regional public safety emergency
35		-	telecommunications centers, with enhanced subsidization (I) for
36		-	municipalities with a population of forty thousand or more, [; (C)] and
37		-	(II) pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, for such centers
38		-	serving at least one municipality with a population of one hundred
39		-	thousand or more as of July 1, 2016; (iii) the establishment of [a
40		-	transition grant program] incentives to encourage regionalization of
41		-	public safety answering points, [; (D)] which incentives shall include,
42		-	but not be limited to, a transition grant program; (iv) the establishment
43		-	of a regional emergency telecommunications service credit in order to
44		-	support regional dispatch services; and [(E)] (v) the implementation of
45		-	the next generation 9-1-1 telecommunication system;
46		-	(B) (i) Beginning July 1, 2019, and ending on the date a regulation
47		-	described in subparagraph (B)(v) of this subdivision is posted on the
48		-	eRegulations System by the Secretary of the State in accordance with
49		-	section 4-172, or on May 1, 2020, whichever is sooner, enhanced
50		-	subsidization payments for any regional public safety emergency
51		-	telecommunications center described in subparagraph (A)(ii)(II) of this
52		-	subdivision shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of
53		-	this subparagraph, provided subsidization payments for regional
54		-	public safety emergency telecommunications centers other than those
55		-	described in said subparagraph shall not be decreased as a result of
56		-	such calculation.
57		-	(ii) As used in this subparagraph:
58		-	(I) "Division" means the Division of State-Wide Emergency
59		-	Telecommunications;
60		-	(II) "RPOP" means the aggregate population of the towns or cities
61		-	served by the regional public safety emergency telecommunications
62		-	center as determined by the most recent population figures from the
63		-	Department of Public Health; Senate Bill No. 1082
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	45	+	(2) Develop and administer an enhanced emergency 9-1-1 program, 14
	46	+	which shall provide for: (A) The replacement of existing 9-1-1 terminal 15
	47	+	equipment for each public safety answering point; (B) the 16
	48	+	subsidization of regional public safety emergency telecommunications 17
	49	+	centers, with enhanced subsidization for municipalities with a 18
	50	+	population of forty thousand or more; (C) the establishment of [a 19
	51	+	transition grant program] incentives to encourage regionalization of 20
	52	+	public safety answering points, which incentives shall include, but not 21
	53	+	be limited to, a transition grant program; (D) the establishment of a 22
	54	+	regional emergency telecommunications service credit in order to 23
	55	+	support regional dispatch services; and (E) the implementation of the 24
	56	+	next generation 9-1-1 telecommunication system; 25
	57	+	(3) Provide technical telecommunications assistance to state and 26
	58	+	local police, fire and emergency medical service agencies; 27
	59	+	(4) Provide frequency coordination for such agencies; 28
	60	+	(5) Coordinate and assist in state-wide planning for 9-1-1, E 9-1-1 29
	61	+	and the next generation 9-1-1 telecommunication systems, with a focus 30
	62	+	on facilitating the regionalization of public safety answering points; 31
	63	+	(6) Review and make recommendations concerning proposed 32
	64	+	legislation affecting emergency service telecommunications; 33
	65	+	(7) Review and make recommendations to the General Assembly 34
	66	+	concerning emergency service telecommunications funding, including 35
	67	+	ways to reduce costs by removing barriers to consolidation of existing 36
	68	+	public safety answering points; and 37
	69	+	(8) On or before January first of each year, prepare the annual 38
	70	+	budget for the use of funds from th e Enhanced 9-1-1 39
	71	+	Telecommunications Fund and submit such budget to the Secretary of 40
	72	+	the Office of Policy and Management for the secretary's review and 41
	73	+	approval. On or before January fifteenth of each year, said secretary 42
	74	+	shall submit a report concerning the proposed use of such funds to the 43
	75	+	joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance 44 Raised Bill No. 1082
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67		-	(III) "RPV" means the regional population value calculated by
68		-	identifying the total annual subsidy paid by the division for the fiscal
69		-	year ending June 30, 2018, to all regional public safety emergency
70		-	telecommunications centers, multiplying such total annual subsidy
71		-	payment by twenty-five per cent, and dividing such product by the
72		-	aggregate population of the towns or cities served by all such centers
73		-	in existence on December 31, 2017, as determined by the population
74		-	figures from the Department of Public Health on said date;
75		-	(IV) "RCV" means the regional call value calculated by the total
76		-	annual subsidy paid by the division for the fiscal year ending June 30,
77		-	2017, to all regional public safety emergency telecommunications
78		-	centers, multiplying such total annual subsidy by seventy-five per
79		-	cent, and dividing such product by the number of 9-1-1 calls received
80		-	for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, at all such centers in existence
81		-	on December 31, 2017;
82		-	(V) "RCALL" means the average, over the most recent three
83		-	calendar years, of the number of 9-1-1 calls annually received by a
84		-	regional public safety emergency telecommunications center; and
85		-	(VI) "RT" means the enhanced subsidization payment calculated
86		-	under this subdivision for a regional public safety emergency
87		-	telecommunications center described in subparagraph (A)(ii)(II) of this
88		-	subdivision.
89		-	(iii) (I) On July 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, RPV and RCV shall
90		-	be adjusted by the division in accordance with any increase in the
91		-	consumer price index for all urban consumers as published by the
92		-	United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, during
93		-	the three calendar years preceding such adjustment.
94		-	(II) In the case of a member town or city of a regional public safety
95		-	emergency telecommunications center for which such center does not Senate Bill No. 1082
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99		-	provide emergency police, fire and medical services and emergency
100		-	medical dispatch services, the RPOP and RCALL of such town or city
101		-	shall not be included in such center's totals for the purpose of
102		-	calculating enhanced subsidization payments under this subdivision,
103		-	except that if such town or city is served exclusively by the
104		-	Connecticut State Police for law enforcement purposes, the RPOP and
105		-	RCALL of such town or city shall be so included only to the extent of
106		-	the provision of emergency police services.
107		-	(iv) The enhanced subsidization payment for a regional public
108		-	safety emergency telecommunications center described in
109		-	subparagraph (A)(ii)(II) of this subdivision shall be calculated as
110		-	follows:
111		-	RT = (RPOP x RPV) + (RCALL x RCV).
112		-	(v) The provisions of this subparagraph shall cease to be effective on
113		-	the date of the posting on the eRegulations System by the Secretary of
114		-	the State in accordance with section 4-172 of a regulation adopted by
115		-	the division pursuant to subsection (b) of this section that incorporates
116		-	a substantially similar formula for the calculation of enhanced
117		-	subsidization payments under this subparagraph, or on May 1, 2020,
118		-	whichever is sooner. Until such provisions cease to be effective, the
119		-	division shall examine the application of a cost-of-living adjustment to
120		-	such formula and, not later than February 15, 2020, report to the joint
121		-	standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of
122		-	matters relating to public safety, in accordance with the provisions of
123		-	section 11-4a, on such examination including any recommendations for
124		-	legislative action.
125		-	(3) Provide technical telecommunications assistance to state and
126		-	local police, fire and emergency medical service agencies;
127		-	(4) Provide frequency coordination for such agencies; Senate Bill No. 1082
	82	+	of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, 45
	83	+	finance, revenue and bonding, and public safety in accordance with 46
	84	+	the provisions of section 11-4a. 47
	85	+	(b) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection 48
	86	+	shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, establishing 49
	87	+	eligibility standards for state financial assistance to local or regional 50
	88	+	police, fire and emergency medical service agencies providing 51
	89	+	emergency service telecommunications. Not later than April 1, 1997, 52
	90	+	the commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 53
	91	+	54, in order to carry out the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection 54
	92	+	(a) of this section. 55
	93	+	(c) Within a time period determined by the commissioner to ensure 56
	94	+	the availability of funds for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, to the 57
	95	+	regional emergency telecommunications centers within the state, and 58
	96	+	not later than April first of each year thereafter, the commissioner shall 59
	97	+	determine the amount of funding needed for the development and 60
	98	+	administration of the enhanced emergency 9-1-1 program. The 61
	99	+	commissioner shall specify the expenses associated with (1) the 62
	100	+	purchase, installation and maintenance of new public safety answering 63
	101	+	point terminal equipment, (2) the implementation of the subsidy 64
	102	+	program, as described in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this 65
	103	+	section, (3) the establishment of incentives to encourage 66
	104	+	regionalization of public safety answering points, including the 67
	105	+	implementation of the transition grant program, described in 68
	106	+	subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section, (4) the implementation 69
	107	+	of the regional emergency telecommunications service credit, as 70
	108	+	described in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section, provided, 71
	109	+	for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, and each fiscal year thereafter, 72
	110	+	such credit for coordinated medical emergency direction services as 73
	111	+	provided in regulations adopted under this section shall be based 74
	112	+	upon the factor of thirty cents per capita and shall not be reduced each 75
	113	+	year, (5) the training of personnel, as necessary, (6) recurring expenses 76
	114	+	and future capital costs associated with the telecommunications 77 Raised Bill No. 1082
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131		-	(5) Coordinate and assist in state-wide planning for 9-1-1, E 9-1-1
132		-	and the next generation 9-1-1 telecommunication systems, with a focus
133		-	on facilitating the regionalization of public safety answering points;
134		-	(6) Review and make recommendations concerning proposed
135		-	legislation affecting emergency service telecommunications;
136		-	(7) Review and make recommendations to the General Assembly
137		-	concerning emergency service telecommunications funding, including
138		-	ways to reduce costs by removing barriers to consolidation of existing
139		-	public safety answering points; and
140		-	(8) On or before January first of each year, prepare the annual
141		-	budget for the use of fun ds from the Enhanced 9 -1-1
142		-	Telecommunications Fund and submit such budget to the Secretary of
143		-	the Office of Policy and Management for the secretary's review and
144		-	approval. On or before January fifteenth of each year, said secretary
145		-	shall submit a report concerning the proposed use of such funds to the
146		-	joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance
147		-	of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies,
148		-	finance, revenue and bonding, and public safety in accordance with
149		-	the provisions of section 11-4a.
150		-	(b) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection
151		-	shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, establishing
152		-	eligibility standards for state financial assistance to local or regional
153		-	police, fire and emergency medical service agencies providing
154		-	emergency service telecommunications. Not later than April 1, 1997,
155		-	the commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter
156		-	54, in order to carry out the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection
157		-	(a) of this section. Such regulations shall be amended to adopt a
158		-	formula for the calculation of enhanced subsidization payments that is
159		-	substantially similar to the formula contained in subparagraph (B) of
160		-	subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section. Senate Bill No. 1082
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	121	+	network used to provide emergency 9-1-1 service and the public safety 78
	122	+	services data networks, (7) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, and 79
	123	+	each fiscal year thereafter, the collection, maintenance and reporting of 80
	124	+	emergency medical services data, as required under subparagraph (A) 81
	125	+	of subdivision (8) of section 19a-177, provided the amount of expenses 82
	126	+	specified under this subdivision shall not exceed two hundred fifty 83
	127	+	thousand dollars in any fiscal year, (8) for the fiscal year ending June 84
	128	+	30, 2001, and each fiscal year thereafter, the initial training of 85
	129	+	emergency medical dispatch personnel, the provision of an emergency 86
	130	+	medical dispatch priority reference card set and emergency medical 87
	131	+	dispatch training and continuing education pursuant to subdivisions 88
	132	+	(3) and (4) of subsection (g) of section 28-25b, (9) the administration of 89
	133	+	the enhanced emergency 9-1-1 program by the Division of State-Wide 90
	134	+	Emergency Telecommunications, as the commissioner determines to 91
	135	+	be reasonably necessary, and (10) the implementation and 92
	136	+	maintenance of the public safety data network established pursuant to 93
	137	+	section 29-1j. The commissioner shall communicate the commissioner's 94
	138	+	findings to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority not later than 95
	139	+	April first of each year. 96
	140	+	(d) The division may apply for, receive and distribute any federal 97
	141	+	funds available for emergency service telecommunications. The 98
	142	+	division shall deposit such federal funds in the Enhanced 9-1-1 99
	143	+	Telecommunications Fund established pursuant to section 28-30a. 100
	144	+	(e) The division shall work in cooperation with the Public Utilities 101
	145	+	Regulatory Authority to carry out the purposes of this section. 102
	146	+	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
	147	+	sections:
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164		-	(c) Within a time period determined by the commissioner to ensure
165		-	the availability of funds for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, to the
166		-	regional emergency telecommunications centers within the state, and
167		-	not later than April first of each year thereafter, the commissioner shall
168		-	determine the amount of funding needed for the development and
169		-	administration of the enhanced emergency 9-1-1 program. The
170		-	commissioner shall specify the expenses associated with (1) the
171		-	purchase, installation and maintenance of new public safety answering
172		-	point terminal equipment, (2) the implementation of the subsidy
173		-	program, as described in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this
174		-	section, (3) the establishment of incentives to encourage
175		-	regionalization of public safety answering points, including the
176		-	implementation of the transition grant program, described in
177		-	subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section, (4) the implementation
178		-	of the regional emergency telecommunications service credit, as
179		-	described in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section, provided,
180		-	for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, and each fiscal year thereafter,
181		-	such credit for coordinated medical emergency direction services as
182		-	provided in regulations adopted under this section shall be based
183		-	upon the factor of thirty cents per capita and shall not be reduced each
184		-	year, (5) the training of personnel, as necessary, (6) recurring expenses
185		-	and future capital costs associated with the telecommunications
186		-	network used to provide emergency 9-1-1 service and the public safety
187		-	services data networks, (7) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, and
188		-	each fiscal year thereafter, the collection, maintenance and reporting of
189		-	emergency medical services data, as required under subparagraph (A)
190		-	of subdivision (8) of section 19a-177, provided the amount of expenses
191		-	specified under this subdivision shall not exceed two hundred fifty
192		-	thousand dollars in any fiscal year, (8) for the fiscal year ending June
193		-	30, 2001, and each fiscal year thereafter, the initial training of
194		-	emergency medical dispatch personnel, the provision of an emergency
195		-	medical dispatch priority reference card set and emergency medical
196		-	dispatch training and continuing education pursuant to subdivisions Senate Bill No. 1082
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200		-	(3) and (4) of subsection (g) of section 28-25b, (9) the administration of
201		-	the enhanced emergency 9-1-1 program by the Division of State-Wide
202		-	Emergency Telecommunications, as the commissioner determines to
203		-	be reasonably necessary, and (10) the implementation and
204		-	maintenance of the public safety data network established pursuant to
205		-	section 29-1j. The commissioner shall communicate the commissioner's
206		-	findings to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority not later than
207		-	April first of each year.
208		-	(d) The division may apply for, receive and distribute any federal
209		-	funds available for emergency service telecommunications. The
210		-	division shall deposit such federal funds in the Enhanced 9-1-1
211		-	Telecommunications Fund established pursuant to section 28-30a.
212		-	(e) The division shall work in cooperation with the Public Utilities
213		-	Regulatory Authority to carry out the purposes of this section.
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