Updates 911 Rules and Officer Family Benefits

Emergency call centers, ambulance services, and first responders' families could see changes to funding, rules, and benefits. The bill does not list specific dollar amounts or deadlines in the summary provided.

• Updates definitions and rules for 911 emergency call services across Pennsylvania
• Changes rules for how 911 calls are delivered and how 911 funds are handled
• Sets up benefits for surviving family members of law enforcement officers
• Updates rules for basic life support ambulances in the emergency medical services system
• Changes definitions for emergency management, mutual aid, and responder mental wellness programs

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Would update Pennsylvania's 911 emergency call rules, add benefits for surviving family of law enforcement officers, and change ambulance and emergency management definitions.

In 911 emergency communication services, further providing for definitions, for telecommunications management, for counties, for Pennsylvania State Police, for addressing authorities, for next generation 911 call delivery, for fund, for payment, collection and remittance of surcharge by sellers of prepaid wireless telecommunications service, for telephone records, for penalty, for immunity, for ALI database maintenance, for industry standards, for MLTS signaling and for limitation of liability; in general provisions, relating to emergency management services further providing for definitions; in Commonwealth services, further providing for definitions relating to intrastate mutual aid; in emergency responder mental wellness and stress management, further providing for definitions; providing for law enforcement officer benefits for surviving family members; in emergency medical services system, further providing for basic life support ambulances; and making editorial changes.

Sponsor details for this state bill are at the source link.

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