SF0014 • 2022

Telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

AN ACT relating to administration of the government; requiring telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation training for dispatchers as specified; requiring the peace officer standards and training commission to amend its standards and rules; and providing for effective dates.

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor: Transportation
Last action: 2022-02-28
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2022

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass and therefore its provisions are not in effect.

Telecommunicator CPR Training

This bill requires telecommunicators to receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training and updates the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission's rules accordingly.

What This Bill Does

Requires telecommunicators, who are people who answer emergency calls, to get special CPR training.
Updates the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission's standards and rules by January 1, 2023.

Who It Names or Affects

Dispatchers who answer emergency calls
The Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission

Terms To Know

Telecommunicator: A person who answers emergency calls, like those for police or ambulance services.
Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission: An organization that sets rules for training people in law enforcement and related jobs.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass during the session it was introduced.
It is unclear how many dispatchers will need to get new CPR training under this act.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

SF0014SS001

Standing Committee • Senate Transportation, Highways and Military Affai

Filed

Plain English: The amendment changes a section of the bill to specify that dispatchers who need telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training should follow the most current nationally recognized emergency cardiovascular care guidelines.

Removes existing language and replaces it with new text specifying that CPR training for dispatchers must use the latest national emergency cardiovascular care standards.

The amendment does not provide details on how or when these changes will be implemented, nor does it specify which dispatch positions require this training.

Bill History

2022-02-28 Senate
S COW:S Did not consider for COW
2022-02-24 Senate
S Placed on General File
2022-02-24 Senate
S08 - Transportation:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2022-02-16 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S08 - Transportation 30-0-0-0-0
2022-01-19 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2022-01-05 LSO
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Current Bill Text

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2022
STATE OF WYOMING
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SENATE FILE NO. SF0014

Telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Sponsored by: Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Interim Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to administration of the government; requiring telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation training for dispatchers as specified; requiring the peace officer standards and training commission to amend its standards and rules; and providing for effective dates.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S. 9
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702(h) is amended to read:

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Created; membership; removal; compensation; meetings; publication of procedures; standards for certified training; powers and duties.

(h)

The commission shall establish course requirements and continuing education requirements for public safety dispatcher training
, including for those positions that the commission determines require telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation training, current guidelines on emergency cardiovascular care and relaying appropriate cardiopulmonary resuscitation instructions to callers
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Section 2
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Not later than January 1, 2023, the
peace officer standards and training commission shall amend its standards and rules as necessary to implement this act.

Section 3
.

(a)

Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, t
his act is effective January 1, 2023
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(b)

Sections 2 and 3 of this act are effective July 1, 2022.

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