HB0037 • 2023

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.

Labor

Inactive

Wyoming marks this bill as inactive, which usually means it is no longer moving in the current session.

Sponsor: Transportation
Last action: 2023-02-07
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2023

Plain English Breakdown

The bill is marked as inactive and has died in committee.

Telecommunicator CPR Training

This bill requires telecommunicators to receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training and updates the rules for public safety dispatcher training.

What This Bill Does

Requires telecommunicators, who are people who answer emergency calls, to get CPR training.
Updates the rules that govern how dispatchers should be trained by adding CPR requirements.

Who It Names or Affects

Dispatchers and telecommunicators who answer emergency calls.
The Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission which sets training rules for dispatchers.

Terms To Know

Telecommunicator: A person who answers emergency phone calls and helps people in emergencies.
Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission: The group that sets rules for training police officers and other public safety workers, including dispatchers.

Limits and Unknowns

This bill is marked as inactive by the state of Wyoming, meaning it will not move forward in this session.
It does not specify what happens if a dispatcher fails to complete the required CPR training.

Bill History

2023-02-07 House
H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4
2023-02-07 House
H No report prior to CoW Cutoff
2023-01-13 House
H Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor
2023-01-06 House
H Received for Introduction
2022-12-12 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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23LSO-0004
2023
STATE OF WYOMING
23LSO-0004
Numbered
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HOUSE BILL NO. HB0037

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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702.

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 current guidelines on emergency cardiovascular care and relaying appropriate cardiopulmonary resuscitation instructions to callers for those positions that the commission determines require telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation training
.

Section 2
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Not later than January 1, 2024, the peace officer standards and training commission shall amend its standards and rules as necessary to implement this act.

Section 3
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(a)

Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this act is effective January 1, 2024
.

(b)

Sections 2 and 3 of this act are effective July

1,

2023.

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