Chairman opened continuation on hearing SB379 and ask Nick Myers, Office of Revisor of Statutes to provide the committee an overview of the bill.

Neutral:

Sherry Massey, State 911 Board (Attachment1) explained the board had not had the opportunity to meet to establish a consensus position on the bill, therefore her neutral position reflects her experience as a member of the SB11 Study Committee. She added the existing NG911 Hosted Solution call handling system already supports the seamless transfer of medical calls to partner PSAPs across the state, combine with the central procurement options in SB379, this technology ensures that even the smallest agencies could have access to a range of flexible options to provide high quality medical dispatch without a heavy local administrative burden.

Proponent:

Daniel Cooper, Police Chief, Oakley Kansas (Attachment2) providing testimony on behalf of the Kansas Association of Chief's of police, in support of the bill, with the amendment clarifying who can authorize the expenditure and how the accounting is proposed. He explained, he oversees the Oakley dispatch center for all emergency services in Logan and Gove counties that includes 4 law enforcement, 3 ambulance stations and 7 fire districts and the dispatch center has been contracted and complies with the Power Phone Total Response protocols for the last 8 years, with all staff members being EMD/T-CPR certified with continuing education opportunities.

Conferees responded to questions from the committee members.

Chairman ask the audience for additional comments.

Chairman Delperdang closed the hearing on SB379.