84R8300 AJZ-D
By: Kacal H.B. No. 2513
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of automatic location identification and
automatic tier two facility identification as part of the 9-1-1
system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 771.051(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The commission is the state's authority on emergency
communications. The commission shall:
(1) administer the implementation of statewide 9-1-1
service and the poison control network, including poison control
centers under Chapter 777;
(2) develop minimum performance standards for
equipment and operation of 9-1-1 service to be followed in
developing regional plans under Section 771.055, including
requirements that the plans provide for:
(A) automatic number identification by which the
telephone number of the caller is automatically identified at the
public safety answering point receiving the call; [and]
(B) automatic location identification, as
defined by Section 772.001;
(C) automatic tier two facility identification,
as defined by Section 772.001; and
(D) other features the commission considers
appropriate;
(3) examine and approve or disapprove regional plans
as provided by Section 771.056;
(4) recommend minimum training standards, assist in
training, and provide assistance in the establishment and operation
of 9-1-1 service;
(5) allocate money to prepare and operate regional
plans as provided by Section 771.056;
(6) develop and provide public education materials and
training;
(7) plan, implement, operate, and maintain poison
control center databases and assist in planning, supporting, and
facilitating 9-1-1 databases, as needed;
(8) provide grants or contracts for services that
enhance the effectiveness of 9-1-1 service;
(9) coordinate emergency communications services and
providers;
(10) make reasonable efforts to gain voluntary
cooperation in the commission's activities of emergency
communications authorities and providers outside the commission's
jurisdiction, including:
(A) making joint communications to state and
federal regulators; and
(B) arranging cooperative purchases of equipment
or services; and
(11) accept, receive, and deposit in its account in
the general revenue fund gifts, grants, and royalties from public
and private entities. Gifts, grants, and royalties may be used for
the purposes of the commission.
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 771, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 771.0545 to read as follows:
Sec. 771.0545. AUTOMATIC TIER TWO FACILITY IDENTIFICATION.
An emergency communication district that does not participate in a
regional plan shall provide automatic tier two facility
identification as part of the 9-1-1 system.
SECTION 3. Section 772.001, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subdivision (22) to read as follows:
(22) "Automatic tier two facility identification"
means a feature corresponding to automatic location identification
in which the address or location provided by the automatic location
identification feature is matched with information indicating
whether the address or location is a facility that is required to
file a tier two form with the Department of State Health Services
under Chapter 505, 506, or 507.
SECTION 4. Subchapter A, Chapter 772, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 772.004 to read as follows:
Sec. 772.004. AUTOMATIC TIER TWO FACILITY IDENTIFICATION.
Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or Chapter 771, an
emergency communication district shall provide automatic tier two
facility identification as part of the 9-1-1 system for each
participating jurisdiction.
SECTION 5. Subchapter D, Chapter 1001, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 1001.085 to read as follows:
Sec. 1001.085. TIER TWO FACILITY LOCATION INFORMATION. The
department shall provide the address or location of each facility
that is required to file a tier two form with the department to the
applicable regional planning commission or emergency communication
district.
SECTION 6. (a) The Commission on State Emergency
Communications shall adopt the performance standards relating to
automatic location identification and automatic tier two facility
identification as required by Section 771.051(a), Health and Safety
Code, as amended by this Act, not later than January 1, 2016.
(b) Each regional planning commission, as that term is
defined by Section 771.001, Health and Safety Code, shall submit an
amendment to that commission's regional plan not later than
February 1, 2016. The amendment must describe the procedures the
regional planning commission will use to fully implement automatic
tier two facility identification not later than March 1, 2016.
(c) An emergency communication district shall fully
implement automatic tier two facility identification as required by
Sections 771.0545 and 772.004, Health and Safety Code, as added by
this Act, not later than March 1, 2016.
(d) The Department of State Health Services shall provide
tier two facility location information as required by Section
1001.085, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, not later
than January 1, 2016.
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.