HB318 | REQUIRES MINIMUM TRAINING AND STANDARD FOR 911 TELECOMMUNICATIONS. |
Sponsor: | Leake, Sam (9) | Effective Date:00/00/0000 | |||
CoSponsor: | Treadway, Joseph L. (96) | LR Number:0414-02 | |||
Last Action: | COMMITTEE: SENATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | ||||
04/13/1999 - Executive Session Held (S) | |||||
SCS VOTED DO PASS | |||||
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Next Hearing: | Hearing not scheduled | ||||
Calendar: | Bill currently not on calendar | ||||
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HB 318 -- 911 TELECOMMUNICATORS (Leake) This bill establishes the 911 Training and Standards Act. The bill creates minimum initial training requirements for individuals who answer 911 calls that come to public safety answering points and requires persons employed as a 911 telecommunicator to complete at least 16 hours of ongoing training every 2 years for as long as the individual is employed as a 911 telecommunicator. The bill exempts 911 telecommunicators already employed as of the effective date of the bill from the minimum initial training requirements and requires any 911 telecommunicator hired after the effective date of the bill to complete minimum initial training requirements within 12 months of being hired. The bill also clarifies the definition of telecommunicator to mean only those who receive calls or information through a primary 911 public safety answering point and exempts certain individuals from the initial and ongoing training requirements. FISCAL NOTE: Loss to Highway Patrol Academy Fund of $8,000 in FY 2000, FY 2001, and FY 2002.
HB 318, HCA 1 -- TRAINING AND STANDARDS FOR 911 TELECOMMUNICATORS CO-SPONSORS: Leake, Treadway COMMITTEE ACTION: Voted "do pass" by the Committee on Public Safety and Law Enforcement by a vote of 16 to 0. This bill establishes the 911 Training and Standards Act. The bill creates minimum initial training requirements for individuals who answer 911 calls that come to public safety answering points and requires persons employed as a 911 telecommunicator to complete at least 16 hours of ongoing training every 2 years for as long as the individual is employed as a 911 telecommunicator. The bill exempts 911 telecommunicators already employed as of the effective date of the bill from the minimum initial training requirements and requires any 911 telecommunicator hired after the effective date of the bill to complete minimum initial training requirements within 12 months of being hired. HCA 1 -- clarifies the definition of telecommunicator to mean only those who receive calls or information through a primary 911 public safety answering point and exempts certain individuals from the initial and ongoing training requirements. FISCAL NOTE: Loss to Highway Patrol Academy Fund of $8,000 in FY 2000, FY 2001, and FY 2002. PROPONENTS: Supporters say that this bill will assist in the accurate answering of 911 emergency calls by setting minimum training standards for the telecommunicators. Twenty-three other states require minimum training and 17 other are currently considering it. Testifying for the bill were Representative Leake; Missouri Chapter of National Number Association; and St. Louis County Police Department. OPPONENTS: There was no opposition voiced to the committee. Bill Tucker, Assistant Director of Research
HB 318 -- 911 Telecommunicators Co-Sponsors: Leake, Treadway This bill establishes the 911 Training and Standards Act. The bill creates minimum initial training requirements for individuals who answer 911 calls that come to public safety answering points and requires persons employed as a 911 telecommunicator to complete at least 16 hours of ongoing training every 2 years for as long as the individual is employed as a 911 telecommunicator. The bill exempts 911 telecommunicators already employed as of the effective date of the bill from the minimum initial training requirements and requires any 911 telecommunicator hired after the effective date of the bill to complete their minimum initial training requirements within 12 months of their hiring.
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