Bill Text: FL S1014 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Public Safety Telecommunicator Training
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2020-03-14 - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services [S1014 Detail]
Download: Florida-2020-S1014-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2020 SB 1014 By Senator Rouson 19-01419-20 20201014__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to public safety telecommunicator 3 training; amending s. 401.465, F.S.; defining the term 4 “telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation 5 training”; conforming cross-references; requiring 6 certain 911 public safety telecommunicators to receive 7 telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation 8 training every 2 years; requiring the Department of 9 Health to establish a procedure to monitor adherence 10 to the training requirements; authorizing the 11 department to adjust state grants or shared revenue 12 funds to certain entities based on their employees’ 13 adherence or failure to adhere to the training 14 requirements; providing an effective date. 15 16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 17 18 Section 1. Present subsections (3) and (4) of section 19 401.465, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (4) 20 and (5), respectively, paragraph (d) is added to subsection (1) 21 of that section, a new subsection (3) is added to that section, 22 and paragraphs (d) and (j) of subsection (2) of that section are 23 amended, to read: 24 401.465 911 public safety telecommunicator certification.— 25 (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: 26 (d) “Telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation 27 training” means specific training that is evidence based and 28 contains nationally accepted guidelines for the recognition of 29 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest over the telephone and the 30 delivery of telephonic instructions for treating cardiac arrest 31 and performing compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation. 32 (2)PERSONNEL; STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATION.— 33 (d) The department shall determine whether the applicant 34 meets the requirements specified in this section and in rules of 35 the department and shall issue a certificate to any person who 36 meets such requirements. Such requirements must include the 37 following: 38 1. Completion of an appropriate 911 public safety 39 telecommunication training program; 40 2. Certification under oath that the applicant is not 41 addicted to alcohol or any controlled substance; 42 3. Certification under oath that the applicant is free from 43 any physical or mental defect or disease that might impair the 44 applicant’s ability to perform his or her duties; 45 4. Submission of the application fee prescribed in 46 subsection (4)(3); 47 5. Submission of a completed application to the department 48 which indicates compliance with subparagraphs 1., 2., and 3.; 49 and 50 6. Effective October 1, 2012, passage of an examination 51 approved by the department which measures the applicant’s 52 competency and proficiency in the subject material of the public 53 safety telecommunication training program. 54 (j)1. The requirement for certification as a 911 public 55 safety telecommunicator is waived for a person employed as a 56 sworn state-certified law enforcement officer, provided the 57 officer: 58 a. Is selected by his or her chief executive to perform as 59 a 911 public safety telecommunicator; 60 b. Performs as a 911 public safety telecommunicator on an 61 occasional or limited basis; and 62 c. Passes the department-approved examination that measures 63 the competency and proficiency of an applicant in the subject 64 material comprising the public safety telecommunication program. 65 2. A sworn state-certified law enforcement officer who 66 fails an examination taken under subparagraph 1. must take a 67 department-approved public safety telecommunication training 68 program prior to retaking the examination. 69 3. The testing required under this paragraph is exempt from 70 the examination fee required under subsection (4)(3). 71 (3) TELECOMMUNICATOR CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION 72 TRAINING.— 73 (a) In addition to the certification and recertification 74 requirements contained in this section, 911 public safety 75 telecommunicators who take telephone calls and provide dispatch 76 functions for emergency medical conditions shall also receive 77 telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation training every 2 78 years. 79 (b) The department shall establish a procedure to monitor 80 adherence to the training requirements of this subsection and 81 may adjust state grant or shared revenue funds to a public 82 safety agency as defined in s. 365.171(3) based on its 83 employees’ adherence or failure to adhere to these requirements. 84 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.