SB 1082 Summary

• Establishes the Division of State-Wide Emergency Telecommunications within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection to develop statewide emergency service telecommunications policy and coordinate 9-1-1 services across Connecticut.

• Requires replacement of existing 9-1-1 terminal equipment and provides subsidies for regional public safety emergency telecommunications centers, with enhanced subsidization for centers serving municipalities with populations of 40,000 or more, or those serving at least one municipality with 100,000+ residents as of July 1, 2016.

• Establishes a formula for calculating enhanced subsidization payments for regional centers using regional population value (RPV) and regional call value (RCV) metrics, effective July 1, 2019 through May 1, 2020 or until regulations incorporating a substantially similar formula are adopted.

• Creates incentives including a transition grant program to encourage regionalization and consolidation of public safety answering points, and establishes a regional emergency telecommunications service credit to support regional dispatch services.

• Implements next generation 9-1-1 telecommunication systems and requires the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection to adopt regulations establishing eligibility standards for state financial assistance and to determine annual funding needs by April 1st of each year.