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2008 SESSION
HB 1449 Higher educational institutions; crisis and emergency management plans.
Introduced by: Anne B. Crockett-Stark | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Public institutions of higher education; crisis and emergency management plans. Requires the board of visitors or other governing body of each public institution of higher education to develop, adopt, and keep current a written crisis and emergency management plan. Such plan must be reviewed and revised every four years. The Department of Emergency Management must assist institutions, as needed, in their development of the plan. The bill also requires each board of visitors to establish a threat assessment team to develop a campus-wide threat assessment policy, and to establish a first warning notification and emergency broadcast system. This bill incorporates HB 489, HB 1268, and HB 1316. This bill is identical to SB 256 (Deeds), SB 538 (Obenshain), and SB 539 (Obenshain), combined.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Public institutions of higher education; crisis and emergency management plans. Requires the board of visitors or other governing body of each public institution of higher education to develop, adopt, and keep current a written crisis and emergency management plan. Such plan must be reviewed and revised every four years. The Department of Emergency Management must assist institutions, as needed, in their development of the plan.