HSB 612

This bill relates to public safety answering point cost and expense data collected from county joint 911 service boards. The bill amends current law relating to the collection of data from a public safety communications facility that receives 911 calls. The bill provides that the 911 program manager appointed by the director of the department of homeland security and emergency management, in consultation with the 911 communications council and the auditor of state, shall establish a methodology for determining and collecting public safety answering point cost and expense data through the county joint 911 service boards, which shall include the collection of data for only direct costs and expenses related to the operation of a public safety answering point, and shall account for the extent to which identified costs and expenses are compensated for or addressed through 911 surcharges versus other sources of funding.