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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 Woods,
Alston, Bagnall, Chisholm, Hutchinson, Kaiser, Martinez, M. Morgan,
Pena–Melnyk, Reilly, and Szeliga
Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2024
Assigned to: Health and Government Operations
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 5, 2024
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Public Safety Answering Point Personnel 9–1–1 Trust Fund – Purposes – 2
Training in Telecommunications 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 2 HOUSE BILL 1092
BY adding to 1
Article – Public Safety 2
Section 1–308(b)(2)(x) 3
Annotated Code of Maryland 4
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 5
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 6
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 7
Article – Public Safety 8
1–306. 9
(a) The Board shall coordinate the enhancement of county 9–1–1 systems. 10
(b) The Board’s responsibilities include: 11
(15) establishing training standards for public safety answering point 12
personnel based on national best practices, including training concerning: 13
(i) Next Generation 9–1–1 topics; 14
(ii) individual psychological well–being and resilience; [and] 15
(iii) subject to subsection (e)(2) of this section, implicit bias training; 16
AND 17
(IV) HIGH QUALITY TELECOM MUNICATIONS 18
CARDIOPULMONARY RESU SCITATION INSTRUCTIO N THAT: 19
1. UTILIZES THE MOST CU RRENT NATIONALLY 20
RECOGNIZED EMERGENCY CARDIOVASCULAR CARE GUIDELINES; 21
2. INCLUDES RECOGNITION PROTOCOLS FOR 22
OUT–OF–HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARR EST; 23
3. INCLUDES CONTINUING INSTRUCTION ON 24
COMPRESSION –ONLY CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION ; AND 25
4. ENABLES TRAINEES TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATI ONS 26
FOR TRAINING IMPROVE MENT; 27
1–308. 28
(a) There is a 9–1–1 Trust Fund. 29 HOUSE BILL 1092 3
(b) (2) Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, in addition to the purposes 1
described under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the purposes of the 9–1–1 Trust Fund 2
include funding: 3
(viii) costs to maintain the cybersecurity of 9–1–1 systems, enhanced 4
9–1–1 systems, and Next Generation 9–1–1 services; [and] 5
(ix) costs of 9–1–1 specialist recruitment activities as described in § 6
1–306(b)(17) of this subtitle; AND 7
(X) COSTS OF TELECOMMUNI CATIONS CARDIOPULMON ARY 8
RESUSCITATION TRAINING AS DESCRIBED IN § 1–306(B)(15)(IV) OF THIS SUBTITLE . 9
(3) Funding allocated in accordance with paragraph (2) of this subsection 10
may not be utilized for: 11
(i) the payment of the salary of public safety answering point 12
personnel or county personnel; or 13
(ii) any purpose associated with the 9–8–8 suicide prevention 14
hotline. 15
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 16
October 1, 2024. 17
Approved:
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Governor.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.
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President of the Senate.