BILL NUMBER: AB 1564 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Williams
( Coauthor: Assembly Member
Brough )
( Coauthor: Senator
Hertzberg )
JANUARY 4, 2016
An act to add Sections 8592.8 and 8592.9 to the Government Code,
and to add Section 2986.1 to, and to repeal Section 2892
of of, the Public Utilities Code,
relating to emergency services.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1564, as amended, Williams. Emergency services: wireless 911
calls: routing.
The Public Safety Communication Act of 2002, among other things,
requires the Public Safety Radio Strategic Planning Committee to
develop and implement a statewide integrated public safety
communication system that facilitates interoperability among state
public safety departments and other first response agencies and
coordinate other shared uses of the public safety spectrum consistent
with decisions and regulations of the Federal Communications
Commission.
This bill would require that a provider of commercial mobile radio
service, as defined, provide access for end users of that service to
the local emergency telephone systems described in the
Warren-911-Emergency Assistance Act, that "911" be the primary access
number for those services, and that user validation not be required.
The bill would prohibit a provider of commercial mobile radio
service from charging any airtime, access, or similar usage charge
for any "911" call placed from a commercial mobile radio service
telecommunications device to a local emergency telephone system. The
bill would authorize "911" calls from commercial mobile radio service
telecommunications devices to be routed to a public safety answering
point other than the Department of the California Highway Patrol
(CHP) only if the alternate routing meets specified requirements. The
bill would repeal similar provisions regarding wireless "911" calls
in the Public Utilities Code.
This bill would require the Office of Emergency Services to
require the Public Safety Communications Division to work with
wireless carriers to verify that all cell sector routing decisions
for wireless "911" calls, made pursuant to these provisions, have
been implemented. The bill would also require the Office of Emergency
Services to maximize the efficiency of the wireless "911" emergency
telephone system and to require the Public Safety Communications
Division to work with the CHP and county coordinators to
determine whether the most efficient routing of wireless "911" calls
should be to a local public safety answering point or to a CHP
center, using specified criteria, with a comprehensive statewide
review and implementation routing
decisionmaking process to be completed no later than
July 1, 2019. annually. After completion of the
comprehensive statewide review and implementation,
routing decisionmaking process, the bill would authorize
specified local entities to submit a written request for a review of
a specific cell sector based on specified criteria to the Public
Safety Communications Division.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 8592.8 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
8592.8. (a) A provider of commercial mobile radio service, as
defined in Section 216.8 of the Public Utilities Code, shall provide
access for end users of that service to the local emergency telephone
systems described in the Warren-911-Emergency Assistance Act
(Article 6 (commencing with Section 53100) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of
Division 2 of Title 5). "911" shall be the primary access number for
those emergency systems. A provider of commercial mobile radio
service, in accordance with all applicable Federal Communication
Commission orders, shall transmit all "911" calls from
technologically compatible commercial mobile radio service
communication devices without requiring user validation or any
similar procedure. A provider of commercial mobile radio service may
not charge any airtime, access, or similar usage charge for any "911"
call placed from a commercial mobile radio service
telecommunications device to a local emergency telephone system.
(b)
8592.8. A "911" call call, as
described in Section 2896.1 of the Public Utilities Code, from
a commercial mobile radio service telecommunications device may be
routed to a public safety answering point other than the Department
of the California Highway Patrol only if the alternate routing meets
all of the following requirements:
(1)
(a) The "911" call originates from a location other
than from a freeway, as defined in Section 23.5 of the Streets and
Highways Code, under the jurisdiction of the Department of the
California Highway Patrol.
(2)
(b) The alternate routing is economically and
technologically feasible.
(3)
(c) The alternate routing will benefit public safety.
(4)
(d) The Department of the California Highway Patrol,
the Office of Emergency Services, and the current or proposed
alternate public safety answering point, in consultation with the
wireless industry and local law enforcement officials, determine that
it is in the best interest of the public, will provide more
effective emergency service to the public to route "911" calls that
do not originate from a freeway, as defined in Section 23.5 of the
Streets and Highways Code, or any other area in which the Department
of the California Highway Patrol has jurisdiction to respond, to
another public safety answering point, and will result in "911" calls
being routed to the responsible responding jurisdiction that covers
the location of the call origination point.
SEC. 2. Section 8592.9 is added to the Government Code, to read:
8592.9. (a) The Office of Emergency Services
shall take all necessary actions to maximize the efficiency of the
"911" system. The
(b) The office shall require the
Public Safety Communications Division to work with the Department of
the California Highway Patrol and county coordinators to
review call data on the routing of "911" cell phone traffic to assess
whether wireless "911" calls should be routed to a local public
safety answering point or a California Highway Patrol call center in
order to determine the most efficient routing for wireless "911"
calls, with a comprehensive statewide review and
implementation being completed no later than July 1, 2019.
routing decisionmaking process, both to be conducted annually.
After
(c) After completion of the
annual comprehensive statewide review and
implementation, routing decisionmaking process,
a local fire, police, sheriff, or emergency medical services agency,
or a local public safety answering point, may submit a written
request for a review of a specific cell sector based on the criteria
specified in Section 8592.8 to the Public Safety Communications
Division within the Office of Emergency Services. The
(d) The office shall also require
its Public Safety Communications Division to work with the wireless
carriers to verify that all cell sector routing decisions made
pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of
Section 8592.8 have been implemented.
SEC. 3. Section 2896.1 is added to the
Public Utilities Code , to read:
2896.1. A provider of commercial mobile radio service, as defined
in Section 216.8, shall provide access for end users of that service
to the local emergency telephone systems described in the
Warren-911-Emergency Assistance Act (Article 6 (commencing with
Section 53100) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the
Government Code). "911" shall be the primary access number for those
emergency systems. A provider of commercial mobile radio service, in
accordance with all applicable Federal Communication Commission
orders, shall transmit all "911" calls from technologically
compatible commercial mobile radio service communication devices
without requiring user validation or any similar procedure. A
provider of commercial mobile radio service may not charge any
airtime, access, or similar usage charge for any "911" call placed
from a commercial mobile radio service telecommunications device to a
local emergency telephone system.
SEC. 3. SEC. 4. Section 2892 of the
Public Utilities Code is repealed.