New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

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	28	+	HOUSE BILL 439
	29	+	57
	30	+	TH LEGISLATURE
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	33	+	STATE
	34	+
	35	+	OF
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	37	+	NEW
	38	+
	39	+	MEXICO
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	41	+	-
	42	+	FIRST SESSION
	43	+	,
	44	+
	45	+	2025
	46	+	INTRODUCED BY
	47	+	Tara L. Lujan
28	48		AN ACT
29	49		RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICINE; REQUIRING PUBLIC SAFETY
30		-	TELEPHONE LINE TELECOMMUNICATORS TO BE TRAINED IN
31		-	~~HIGH-QUALITY~~ TELECOMMUNICATOR CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION.
	50	+	TELEPHONE LINE TELECOMMUNICATORS TO BE TRAINED IN HIGH-QUALITY
	51	+	TELECOMMUNICATOR CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION.
32	52		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
33	53		SECTION 1. Section 29-7C-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003,
34	54		Chapter 320, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read:
35	55		"29-7C-2. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Public Safety
36	56		Telecommunicator Training Act:
37	57		A. "board" means the law enforcement certification
38	58		board;
39		-	B. "certified" means meeting the training
40		-	standards established by statute and rule as determined by
41		-	the board;
	59	+	B. "certified" means meeting the training standards
	60	+	established by statute and rule as determined by the board;
42	61		C. "council" means the New Mexico law enforcement
43	62		standards and training council;
44		-	D. "director" means the director of the New Mexico
45		-	law enforcement academy;
46		-	E. "dispatch" means the relay of information to
47		-	public safety personnel by all forms of communication;
48		-	F. "high-quality telecommunicator cardiopulmonary
49		-	resuscitation" means the instructions that a telecommunicator
50		-	provides to a bystander of a cardiac emergency on how to
51		-	perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation; HB 439
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78		-	G. "safety agency" means a unit of state or local
79		-	government, a special purpose district or a private business
80		-	that provides police, firefighting or emergency medical
81		-	services; and
82		-	H. "telecommunicator" means an employee or
	90	+	D. "director" means the director of the New Mexico
	91	+	law enforcement academy;
	92	+	E. "dispatch" means the relay of information to
	93	+	public safety personnel by all forms of communication;
	94	+	F. "high-quality telecommunicator cardiopulmonary
	95	+	resuscitation" means the instructions that a telecommunicator
	96	+	provides to a bystander of a cardiac emergency on how to
	97	+	perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation;
	98	+	[F.] G. "safety agency" means a unit of state or
	99	+	local government, a special purpose district or a private
	100	+	business that provides police, firefighting or emergency
	101	+	medical services; and
	102	+	[G.] H. "telecommunicator" means an employee or
83	103		volunteer of a safety agency who:
84	104		(1) receives calls or dispatches the
85	105		appropriate personnel or equipment in response to calls for
86	106		police, fire or medical services; and
87		-	(2) makes decisions affecting the life,
88		-	health or welfare of the public or safety employees."
89		-	SECTION 2. Section 29-7C-4.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws
90		-	2022, Chapter 56, Section 19) is amended to read:
91		-	"29-7C-4.1. PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATOR
92		-	TRAINING.--The curriculum of each basic telecommunicator
93		-	training class and in-service training each year for
94		-	telecommunicators shall include:
95		-	A. crisis management and intervention;
96		-	B. dealing with individuals who are experiencing
97		-	mental health issues;
98		-	C. methods of de-escalation;
99		-	D. peer-to-peer intervention;
100		-	E. stress management;
101		-	F. racial sensitivity;
102		-	G. reality-based situational training; and HB 439
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	107	+	(2) makes decisions affecting the life, health
	108	+	or welfare of the public or safety employees."
	109	+	SECTION 2. Section 29-7C-4.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2022,
	110	+	Chapter 56, Section 19) is amended to read:
	111	+	"29-7C-4.1. PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATOR TRAINING.--The
	112	+	curriculum of each basic telecommunicator training class and
	113	+	in-service training each year for telecommunicators shall
	114	+	include:
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	143	+	A. crisis management and intervention;
	144	+	B. dealing with individuals who are experiencing
	145	+	mental health issues;
	146	+	C. methods of de-escalation;
	147	+	D. peer-to-peer intervention;
	148	+	E. stress management;
	149	+	F. racial sensitivity; [and ]
	150	+	G. reality-based situational training; and
129	151		H. high-quality telecommunicator cardiopulmonary
130	152		resuscitation using the most current nationally recognized
131	153		emergency cardiovascular care guidelines. Training on high-
132	154		quality telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation shall
133		-	include instruction on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
134		-	protocols and compression-only cardiopulmonary
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	155	+	include instruction on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest protocols
	156	+	and compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation ."
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