Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H426 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1770 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 426
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	James Arciero
8	8	_________________
9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act implementing automated emergency response communications and coordination between
13	13	Massachusetts schools with first responders.
14	14	_______________
15	15	PETITION OF:
16	16	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:James Arciero2nd Middlesex1/17/2023 1 of 3
17	17	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1770 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
18	18	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 426
19	19	By Representative Arciero of Westford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 426) of
20	20	James Arciero relative to implementing automated emergency response communications and
21	21	coordination between schools with first responders. Education.
22	22	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
23	23	_______________
24	24	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
25	25	(2023-2024)
26	26	_______________
27	27	An Act implementing automated emergency response communications and coordination between
28	28	Massachusetts schools with first responders.
29	29	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
30	30	of the same, as follows:
31	31	1 SECTION 1 Automated School Emergency Response Program
32	32	2 (a) There shall be established an automated school emergency response program
33	33	3administered by the Department of Education pursuant to which school districts and serving first
34	34	4responder agencies may purchase and acquire automated emergency response systems meeting
35	35	5the functional and security requirements described in Subsections (b) and (c) below. The
36	36	6program shall be funded each year as prescribed by the Department of Education for the
37	37	7acquisition and maintenance of such systems by school district and cognizant first responder
38	38	8agencies pursuant regulations adopted by the Department.
39	39	9 (b) Subject to available funding under the program described in Subsection (a). school
40	40	10districts may purchase and maintain automated emergency response system with their cognizant
41	41	11public safety agency and the serving public safety answering point or emergency 2 of 3
42	42	12communications center to provide automated emergency-incident-based real-time collaboration
43	43	13between their schools and police meeting the following requirements, where technically feasible:
44	44	14 (1) The system is an interoperable multimedia communications system that enables
45	45	15public safety agencies, the PSAPs, and the schools they serve, to directly communicate with one
46	46	16another utilizing existing communications systems, including connecting day-to-day use school
47	47	17radio systems or push to talk applications with first responder systems.
48	48	18 (2) The system enables live school cameras to be securely shared with police upon
49	49	19emergency incident initiation where the location of the cameras and live views are displayed on
50	50	20the floor plan and may be a remotely viewed by incident responders from a floor plan view for
51	51	21situational context.
52	52	22 (3) The system authenticates a system users’ identity, location, and operational status
53	53	23during an incident.
54	54	24 (4) The system integrates with school panic alarm systems that, when activated, establish
55	55	25direct emergency incident collaboration between schools and public safety agencies enabling
56	56	26direct communications with primary law enforcement, the PSAP, and appropriate mutual aid
57	57	27agencies and the simultaneous sharing of live video and floor plans through such system.
58	58	28 (5) The system enables dynamic interoperable radio communications between first
59	59	29responder agencies who may be using incompatible or different radio communications systems
60	60	30or channels.
61	61	31 (5) The system enables secure text messaging and file sharing among agencies involved
62	62	32in a collaboration incident. 3 of 3
63	63	33 (6) System users should be able to perform dispatch endpoint radio transmit voice
64	64	34transmit and receive functions, view and send video, text messages and files, and view floor plan
65	65	35with camera location displays from a single application view.
66	66	36 (b) The system in subsection (b) shall be cybersecure and be designed to protect the
67	67	37privacy of students and staff by meeting the following requirements:
68	68	38 (1) The system is a enables each participating entity to maintain discretionary real-time
69	69	39control over its communications, video and information assets.
70	70	40 (2) All media communications are encrypted to a standard of at least AES 256.
71	71	41 (3) The system enables law enforcement to access real-time or near-real-time school
72	72	42video only during an emergency incident session without employing the use of hyperlinks,
73	73	43universal resource locators, passwords, user login or other unsecured methods via email, text,
74	74	44SMS or other similar means.
75	75	45 (4) The system sends communication and all media from one party directly to other
76	76	46incident parties without such content being stored in, copied to or accessible via a third party
77	77	47owned, controlled or administered digital storage or file sharing system.
78	78	48 (5) The system is certified under the federal Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering
79	79	49Effective Technologies Act of 2002 (SAFETY Act, enacted as Subtitle G of Title VIII of the
80	80	50Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296)) as a qualified antiterrorism technology.
81	81	51 (6) The system is compatible and interoperates with the Federal Emergency Management
82	82	52Agency interoperable gateway system for large-scale disaster communications.
83	83	53 (7) The system is Systems and Organizations Controls 2 (SOC 2) certified.