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
HB318
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PERFECTED

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.


COMMITTEE

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


INTRODUCED

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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