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*hb1092*
HOUSE BILL 1092
E4 4lr2020
CF SB 649
By: Delegates White Holland, Allen, Bhandari, Cullison, Fair, Feldmark, Fennell,
Guzzone, Harris, Hill, Holmes, S. Johnson, Kerr, Kipke, R. Lewis, Patterson,
Rosenberg, Taveras, Taylor, Turner, Watson, Wims, and Woods
Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2024
Assigned to: Health and Government Operations
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Public Safety Answering Point Personnel – Training in Telecommunications 2
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation 3
FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland 9–1–1 Board to establish training standards 4
for public safety answering point personnel concerning telecommunications 5
cardiopulmonary resuscitation; altering the purposes of the 9–1–1 Trust Fund to 6
include funding the costs of certain telecommunications cardiopulmonary 7
resuscitation training; and generally relating to training in telecommunications 8
cardiopulmonary resuscitation for public safety answering point personnel. 9
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 10
Article – Public Safety 11
Section 1–306(a) and 1–308(a) and (b)(3) 12
Annotated Code of Maryland 13
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 14
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 15
Article – Public Safety 16
Section 1–306(b)(15) and 1–308(b)(2)(viii) and (ix) 17
Annotated Code of Maryland 18
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 19
BY adding to 20
Article – Public Safety 21
Section 1–308(b)(2)(x) 22
Annotated Code of Maryland 23
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 24
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 25 2 HOUSE BILL 1092
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 1
Article – Public Safety 2
1–306. 3
(a) The Board shall coordinate the enhancement of county 9–1–1 systems. 4
(b) The Board’s responsibilities include: 5
(15) establishing training standards for public safety answering point 6
personnel based on national best practices, including training concerning: 7
(i) Next Generation 9–1–1 topics; 8
(ii) individual psychological well–being and resilience; [and] 9
(iii) subject to subsection (e)(2) of this section, implicit bias training; 10
AND 11
(IV) HIGH QUALITY TELECOM MUNICATIONS 12
CARDIOPULMONARY RESU SCITATION INSTRUCTIO N THAT: 13
1. UTILIZES THE MOST CURRENT NAT IONALLY 14
RECOGNIZED EMERGENCY CARDIOVASCULAR CARE GUIDELINES; 15
2. INCLUDES RECOGNITION PROTOCOLS FOR 16
OUT–OF–HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARR EST; 17
3. INCLUDES CONTINUING INSTRUCTION ON 18
COMPRESSION –ONLY CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION ; AND 19
4. ENABLES TRAINEES TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATI ONS 20
FOR TRAINING IMPROVE MENT; 21
1–308. 22
(a) There is a 9–1–1 Trust Fund. 23
(b) (2) Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, in addition to the purposes 24
described under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the purposes of the 9–1–1 Trust Fund 25
include funding: 26
(viii) costs to maintain the cybersecurity of 9–1–1 systems, enhanced 27
9–1–1 systems, and Next Generation 9–1–1 services; [and] 28 HOUSE BILL 1092 3
(ix) costs of 9–1–1 specialist recruitment activities as described in § 1
1–306(b)(17) of this subtitle; AND 2
(X) COSTS OF TELECOMMUNI CATIONS CARDIOPULMON ARY 3
RESUSCITATION TRAINI NG AS DESCRIBED IN § 1–306(B)(15)(IV) OF THIS SUBTITLE . 4
(3) Funding allocated in accordance with paragraph (2) of this subsection 5
may not be utilized for: 6
(i) the payment of the salary of public safety answering point 7
personnel or county personnel; or 8
(ii) any purpose associated with the 9–8–8 suicide prevention 9
hotline. 10
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 11
October 1, 2024. 12