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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to 911 public safety 2
telecommunicators; amending s. 112.1815, F.S.; 3
revising the definition of the term "first responder" 4
to include 911 public safety telecommunicators; 5
amending s. 401.465, F.S.; revising the criteria and 6
number of hours of training required for 911 public 7
safety telecommunicator certification; providing an 8
effective date. 9
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Flo rida: 11
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Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 112.1815, Florida 13
Statutes, is amended to read: 14
112.1815 Firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical 15
technicians, and law enforcement officers , and 911 public safety 16
telecommunicators; special provisions fo r employment-related 17
accidents and injuries. — 18
(1) The term "first responder" as used in this section 19
means a law enforcement officer as defined in s. 943.10, a 20
firefighter as defined in s. 633.102, or an emergency medical 21
technician or paramedic as defin ed in s. 401.23, or a 911 public 22
safety telecommunicator as defined in s. 401.465 employed by 23
state or local government. A volunteer law enforcement officer, 24
firefighter, or emergency medical technician or paramedic , or 25
HB 291 2023
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911 public safety telecommunicator engaged by the state or a 26
local government is also considered a first responder of the 27
state or local government for purposes of this section. 28
Section 2. Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section 29
401.465, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 30
401.465 911 public safety telecommunicator certification. — 31
(1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: 32
(d) "Public safety telecommunication training program" 33
means a 911 emergency public safety telecommunication training 34
program that the department de termines to be equivalent to the 35
public safety telecommunication training program curriculum 36
framework developed by the Department of Education and consists 37
of not less than 238 232 hours, of which at least 6 hours must 38
be telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation training . 39
Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 40