SF 2243 (LSB 5943XS (3) 88)

SENATE FILE 2243

BY  DAWSON

A BILL FOR

An Act modifying provisions relating to telecommunicators.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 80B.11, subsection 1, paragraph j, Code 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   j.  Minimum qualifications for instructors in public safety telecommunicator training schools.
    Sec. 2.  Section 80B.11C, Code 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   80B.11C  Telecommunicator Public safety telecommunicator training standards.
   The director of the academy, subject to the approval of the council, in consultation with the Iowa state sheriffs’ and deputies’ association, the Iowa police executive forum, the Iowa peace officers association, the Iowa state police association, the Iowa professional fire fighters, the Iowa emergency medical services association, the joint council of Iowa fire service organizations, the Iowa department of public safety, the Iowa chapter of the association of public-safety communications officials——international, inc., the Iowa chapter of the national emergency number association, the department of homeland security and emergency management, and the Iowa department of public health, shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A establishing minimum standards for training of public safety telecommunicators. For purposes of this section, “telecommunicator” “Public safety telecommunicator” means a person who receives serves as a first responder by receiving requests for, or dispatches by dispatching requests to, emergency response agencies which include but are not limited to law enforcement, fire, rescue, and emergency medical services agencies.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill modifies Code section 80B.11C governing telecommunicator training standards and the definition of “telecommunicator”. The bill modifies the term “telecommunicator” to be “public safety telecommunicator” and specifies that the term means a person who serves as a first responder by receiving requests for, or by dispatching requests to, emergency response agencies.