MO SB651

Telecommunications carriers and commercial mobile service providers must provide call location information to law enforcement in emergency situations involving danger of death or serious physical injury, and are granted liability immunity for such disclosures except in cases of gross negligence, recklessness, or intentional misconduct.

Telecommunications companies may elect to be exempt from certain retail service rules established by the commission that duplicate Federal Communications Commission requirements, including rules on customer proprietary network information, slamming, and cramming.

Telecommunications companies can elect exemption from tariff filing requirements and instead publish retail prices on publicly accessible websites, but remain subject to federal interconnection obligations and universal service fund requirements.

Broadband and internet protocol-enabled services are exempt from state telecommunications regulation, except that interconnected voice over internet protocol service remains subject to section 392.550.

Telecommunications companies seeking certification after August 28, 2014 may use a simplified registration process modeled on voice over internet protocol service registration requirements instead of standard certification procedures.