Florida Senate - 2019 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 536
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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04/19/2019 .
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The Committee on Appropriations (Brandes) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
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3 Delete lines 230 - 307
4 and insert:
5 Section 2. Section 365.177, Florida Statutes, is created to
6 read:
7 365.177 Transfer of E911 calls between systems.—
8 (1) The office shall develop a plan by February 1, 2020, to
9 require that a 911 public safety telecommunicator, when deemed
10 prudent and requested by a caller or when deemed necessary, be
11 able to transfer an emergency call from one local,
12 multijurisdictional, or regional E911 system to another local,
13 multijurisdictional, or regional E911 system in this state.
14 (2) In developing this plan, the office shall:
15 (a) Coordinate with public agencies to identify and resolve
16 any technological or logistical issues in implementing this
17 section.
18 (b) Identify or establish a system or clearinghouse for
19 maintaining contact information for all E911 systems in this
20 state.
21 (c) Establish a date, considering any technological,
22 logistical, financial, or other identified issues, by which all
23 E911 systems in this state must be able to transfer emergency
24 calls pursuant to subsection (1).
25 Section 3. (1) The Legislature finds that an important
26 state interest is served in protecting the public safety by
27 ensuring that 911 telecommunications are routed to the most
28 appropriate 911 system in the most expeditious manner possible.
29 A proper and legitimate state purpose is achieved when local
30 government 911 public safety telecommunicators are able to
31 transfer, and receive transfers of, emergency calls to and from
32 other local, multijurisdictional, or regional E911 systems in
33 this state.
34 (2) The Legislature also finds that an important state
35 interest is served in protecting the public safety by ensuring
36 that text-to-911 service is available in all counties of this
37 state. A proper and legitimate state purpose is achieved when
38 text-to-911 service is made available statewide to ensure that
39 persons who cannot speak or whose safety may be compromised by
40 speaking in emergency situations will have access to the 911
41 system. Provision of this service statewide will prevent
42 confusion concerning the availability of the service in
43 particular areas.
44 (3) The Legislature also finds that an important state
45 interest is served in protecting the public safety by ensuring
46 that each 911 public safety answering point is capable of direct
47 radio communications with first responder agency dispatchers
48 within the surrounding area for which the public safety
49 answering point would not otherwise provide dispatch. A proper
50 and legitimate state purpose is achieved when a public safety
51 answering point that receives an emergency communication is able
52 to save crucial time by immediately conveying critical emergency
53 information to first responder agency dispatchers to dispatch
54 first responders.
55 (4) Therefore, the Legislature finds and declares that this
56 act fulfills an important state interest.
57 Section 4. Section 365.179, Florida Statutes, is created to
58 read:
59 365.179 Direct radio communication between 911 public
60 safety answering points and first responders.—
61 (1) As used in this section, the term:
62 (a) “First responder agency” includes each law enforcement
63 agency and fire service agency, other than a state agency, and
64 each emergency medical services provider, that is designated as
65 a primary first responder for the service area in which a 911
66 public safety answering point receives 911 calls.
67 (b) “911 public safety answering point” or “PSAP” means a
68 municipal or county emergency communications or 911 call center
69 in this state that receives cellular, landline, or text-to-911
70 communications.
71 (2) Each sheriff, in collaboration with all first responder
72 agency heads in his or her county, shall facilitate the
73 development and execution of written interlocal agreements
74 between all primary first responder agencies within the county.
75 Each agreement must establish written protocols that outline
76 circumstances and public safety emergencies under which a PSAP
77 will directly provide by radio notice of an emergency to the on
78 duty dispatcher of a first responder agency for which the PSAP
79 does not provide primary dispatch functions. Each agreement must
80 require the PSAP to have direct radio contact with primary first
81 responder agencies and their dispatchers, for which the PSAP may
82 reasonably receive 911 communications, without having to
83 transfer a 911 communication to another PSAP or dispatch center
84 for dispatch. The method of complying with this requirement
85 shall be established by the first responder agency heads and set
86 forth in each interlocal agreement.
87 (3) Each PSAP must be capable of immediately broadcasting
88 911 communications or public safety information over the primary
89 radio dispatch channels of each first responder agency in the
90 county it serves where the PSAP may reasonably receive 911 calls
91 in the first responder’s service area. If a county or
92 jurisdiction has multiple PSAPs, each PSAP must have this
93 capability.
94 (4) Unless technologically precluded due to radio
95 incompatibility, upon written request from a law enforcement
96 agency head, a law enforcement agency head in the same county or
97 in an adjacent jurisdiction in another county must authorize the
98 requesting agency to install the responding agency’s primary
99 dispatch channel or channels in the requesting agency’s PSAP,
100 dispatch center, or mobile or portable radios.
101 (5) Each primary first responder agency, PSAP, and dispatch
102 center within each county shall train all applicable personnel
103 regarding the procedures and protocols specified in the
104 interlocal agreements made pursuant to this section. This
105 training shall also include radio functionality and how to
106 readily access the necessary dispatch channels in accordance
107 with the interlocal agreements.
108 (6) By January 1, 2020, each sheriff shall provide to the
109 Department of Law Enforcement:
110 (a) A copy of each interlocal agreement made between the
111 primary first responder agencies within his or her county
112 pursuant to this section; and
113 (b) Written certification that all PSAPs in his or her
114 county are in compliance with this section.
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117 And the directory clause is amended as follows:
118 Delete lines 33 - 36
119 and insert:
120 Section 5. Subsection (3) of section 365.172, Florida
121 Statutes, is amended to read:
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124 And the title is amended as follows:
125 Delete lines 4 - 28
126 and insert:
127 creating s. 365.177, F.S.; requiring that the
128 Technology Program within the Department of Management
129 Services develop a plan to require that emergency
130 dispatchers be able to transfer an emergency call from
131 one E911 system to another E911 system in this state;
132 providing a declaration of important state interest;
133 creating s. 365.179, F.S.; defining the terms “first
134 responder agency” and “911 public safety answering
135 point”; requiring each sheriff, in collaboration with
136 certain first responder agencies, to enter into
137 specified written agreements; requiring each agreement
138 to require a PSAP to be able to directly communicate
139 with first responder agencies; requiring each PSAP to
140 be able to broadcast certain emergency communications
141 and public safety information; requiring law
142 enforcement agency heads to authorize the installation
143 of their agency’s dispatch channels on certain other
144 law enforcement agency radios, upon request; providing
145 an exception; requiring each county sheriff to certify
146 compliance in writing with the Department of Law
147 Enforcement by a specified date; providing an