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2020 SESSION
SB 720 PSAP dispatchers; definitions, telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation, EMD program.
Introduced by: Jennifer L. McClellan | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
E-911 dispatchers; training in telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency medical dispatch. Requires each public safety answering point (PSAP) to provide training and equipment for each of its dispatchers in high-quality telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation (TCPR) instruction, which is defined in the measure as the delivery by trained 911 telecommunicators of high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction for acute events requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation, including out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. The measure (i) requires the State Board of Health to adopt regulations that establish training and equipment standards and (ii) authorizes a PSAP to enter into reciprocal agreements with another PSAP to transfer callers to the other PSAP at times that the initial PSAP does not have a trained dispatcher on duty able to provide TCPR. The measure establishes immunity from civil damages for dispatchers who instruct a caller on TCPR. The measure also requires each operator of a PSAP to implement a requirement that each of its dispatchers complete an Emergency Medical Dispatch education program by July 1, 2024, and to conduct ongoing quality assurance of its TCPR program. This bill is identical to HB 727.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103020D pdf | impact statement
- 02/09/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108044D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/18/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20108505D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/18/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB720ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/10/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1069) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
- House amendments engrossed
- Conference amendments
HISTORY
- 01/07/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103020D
- 01/07/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/09/20 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108044D-S1
- 02/10/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Read second time
- 02/11/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/11/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20108044D-S1
- 02/11/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB720S1
- 02/11/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/14/20 House: Read first time
- 02/14/20 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 02/18/20 House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (16-Y 5-N)
- 02/18/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20108505D-H1
- 02/20/20 House: Read second time
- 02/21/20 House: Read third time
- 02/21/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20108505D-H1
- 02/21/20 House: Amendment by Delegate Hope agreed to
- 02/21/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment SB720H1
- 02/21/20 House: Passed House with substitute with amendment (82-Y 15-N)
- 02/21/20 House: VOTE: Passage (82-Y 15-N)
- 02/25/20 Senate: House substitute with amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
- 02/26/20 House: House insisted on substitute with amendment
- 02/26/20 House: House requested conference committee
- 02/28/20 Senate: Senate acceded to request (36-Y 2-N)
- 02/28/20 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/28/20 Senate: Senators: McClellan, Bell, Ebbin
- 03/02/20 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/02/20 House: Delegates: Hope, Gooditis, Wilt
- 03/05/20 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/05/20 House: Conference report agreed to by House (86-Y 10-N)
- 03/05/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (86-Y 10-N)
- 03/07/20 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/18/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB720ER)
- 03/18/20 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/18/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/19/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/20/20 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
- 03/20/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/10/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1069 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/10/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1069)