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4		-	Substitute House Bill No. 6302
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6		-	Special Act No. 21-16
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9	14		AN ACT STUDYING THE CONSOLIDATION OF PUB LIC SAFETY
10	15		ANSWERING POINTS.
11	16		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
12	17		Assembly convened:
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14		-	Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force
15		-	to study the current system of public safety answering points and make
16		-	recommendations for consolidating such answering points while
17		-	prioritizing the need to ensure public safety. The task force shall
18		-	consider and make recommendations regarding: (1) The establishment
19		-	of state goals regarding consolidation, (2) the definition of regional
20		-	public safety answering point, (3) any challenges to consolidation
21		-	presented by existing collective bargaining agreements, (4) issues that
22		-	may arise in municipalities that would no longer have an individual
23		-	physically located within the municipality to act as a dispatcher at all
24		-	times after consolidation, (5) timeframes for consolidation, (6) where
25		-	and how to locate regional public safety answering points, (7) ways to
26		-	enhance the skills of telecommunicators, as defined in section 28-30 of
27		-	the general statutes, and personnel providing emergency medical
28		-	dispatch, as defined in section 28-25 of the general statutes, including
29		-	recommendations regarding training standards and performance
30		-	accountability, (8) the governance structure for regional public safety
31		-	answering points, and (9) any other related issues the task force deems
32		-	appropriate. Substitute House Bill No. 6302
	19	+	Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) Not later than September 1, 2021, 1
	20	+	the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, or the 2
	21	+	commissioner's designee, shall convene a working group to (1) examine 3
	22	+	the current system of public safety answering points in the state, (2) 4
	23	+	develop a plan to consolidate public safety answering points that are 5
	24	+	responsible for receiving and processing 9-1-1 calls for one municipality 6
	25	+	and either serve a population of less than forty thousand, as determined 7
	26	+	by the most recent population estimated by the Department of Public 8
	27	+	Health, or receive and process less than twelve thousand 9-1-1 calls on 9
	28	+	an annual basis, and (3) make recommendations for consolidating such 10
	29	+	answering points while prioritizing the need to ensure public safety. 11
	30	+	(b) The working group shall consist of the following members, who 12
	31	+	shall be appointed by the commissioner, or the commissioner's 13
	32	+	designee, not later than sixty days after the effective date of this section: 14
	33	+	Representatives from regional emergency telecommunications centers, 15
	34	+	multitown public safety answering points, public safety answering 16
	35	+	points, labor organizations representing employees of public safety 17
	36	+	answering points, and small and large municipalities, police chiefs and 18 Substitute Bill No. 6302
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36		-	(b) The task force shall consist of the following members:
37		-	(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives,
38		-	one of whom is a representative of the Connecticut Conference of
39		-	Municipalities and one of whom is a representative of a labor
40		-	organization representing employees of public safety answering points;
41		-	(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one of
42		-	whom is a representative of the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association
43		-	and one of whom is a representative of the Uniformed Professional Fire
44		-	Fighters Association of Connecticut;
45		-	(3) Two appointed by the majority leader of the House of
46		-	Representatives, one of whom is a member of the joint standing
47		-	committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters
48		-	relating to public safety and security and one of whom is a current or
49		-	former director of a regional public safety answering point;
50		-	(4) Two appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, one of whom
51		-	is a representative of the Managers of Emergency Communication
52		-	Centers Association and one of whom is a representative of the
53		-	Connecticut Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board;
54		-	(5) Two appointed by the minority leader of the House of
55		-	Representatives, one of whom is a representative of the Connecticut Fire
56		-	Chiefs Association and one of whom is a representative of the
57		-	Connecticut Council of Small Towns;
58		-	(6) Two appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, one of whom
59		-	is a representative of the Connecticut Association of Councils of
60		-	Government and one of whom is a member of the joint standing
61		-	committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters
62		-	relating to planning and development;
63		-	(7) The commanding officer of the Division of State Police within the Substitute House Bill No. 6302
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	43	+	fire chiefs, the director of the Division of State-Wide Emergency 19
	44	+	Telecommunications within the Department of Emergency Services and 20
	45	+	Public Protection, or the director's designee, and any other person 21
	46	+	invited by the commissioner to be a member of the working group. 22
	47	+	(c) The commissioner shall submit, in accordance with the provisions 23
	48	+	of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee 24
	49	+	of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public 25
	50	+	safety and security: (1) An interim report on the findings, plan and 26
	51	+	recommendations of the working group not later February 1, 2022, and 27
	52	+	(2) a final report on the findings, plan and recommendations of the 28
	53	+	working group not later than January 1, 2023. The working group shall 29
	54	+	terminate on the date that the commissioner submits such final report 30
	55	+	or January 1, 2023, whichever is later. 31
	56	+	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
	57	+	sections:
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67		-	Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, or the
68		-	commanding officer's designee;
69		-	(8) The director of the Division of State-Wide Emergency
70		-	Telecommunications within the Department of Emergency Services and
71		-	Public Protection, or the director's designee; and
72		-	(9) The undersecretary of the Intergovernmental Policy and Planning
73		-	Division within the Office of Policy and Management, or the
74		-	undersecretary's designee.
75		-	(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1),
76		-	(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member
77		-	of the General Assembly.
78		-	(d) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later
79		-	than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall
80		-	be filled by the appointing authority.
81		-	(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro
82		-	tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from
83		-	among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule
84		-	the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty
85		-	days after the effective date of this section. Such chairpersons may
86		-	establish subcommittees of the members as needed and designate a
87		-	chairperson of each such subcommittee.
88		-	(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the
89		-	General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety
90		-	and security shall serve as administrative staff of the task force.
91		-	(g) The task force shall submit, in accordance with the provisions of
92		-	section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of
93		-	the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public
94		-	safety and security and planning and development: (1) An interim Substitute House Bill No. 6302
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	61	+	Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
	62	+	In Subsec. (b), ", or the commissioner's designee," was added for
	63	+	accuracy.
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98		-	report on the findings and recommendations of the task force not later
99		-	than February 1, 2022, and (2) a final report on the findings and
100		-	recommendations of the task force not later than January 1, 2023. The
101		-	task force shall terminate on the date that it submits such final report or
102		-	January 1, 2023, whichever is later.
	65	+	PS Joint Favorable Subst.
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