Last Action | to Licensing & Occupations (H) |
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Title | AN ACT relating to personal emergency response systems. |
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Corrections Impact
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Bill Request Number | 132 |
Sponsor | M. Harmon |
Summary of Original Version | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311A to regulate personal emergency response systems under the authority of the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services; define terms, including "personal emergency response system"; set out basic necessary duties of the board, including the addition of personal emergency response system data in emergency run report forms developed under KRS 311A.190; require that providers be licensed to provide personal emergency response systems; institute an emergency 911 response protocol for unanswered voice-to-voice communication responses to customers; list information necessary for basic applications and for notification of the creation of branch offices; establish minimum criteria to apply for a manager's license; forbid the issuance of a license unless the applicant has specified liability insurance; limit local government regulation of personal emergency response systems to charges for use of a police central alarm installation, inspection fees, or discontinuance in the case of multiple false alarms; mandate certification for various key employees of alarm system company licensees; ensure confidentiality of alarm system records; allow local governments to provide personal emergency response systems under specified circumstances; establish controlling sections regarding license and certification renewal, continuing education, and penalties; list exemptions from regulation, including on-duty government employees and certain peace officers; grant the board power to discipline licensees, probate licenses, and seek civil penalties, in conjunction with the Attorney General if desired; set types of offenses and severity of criminal punishments; create administrative procedures and penalties against violators; establish rights of appeal, including staying enforcement of the penalty; direct that combined new sections be known as the "Christine Talley Act"; amend KRS 311A.055 to add personal emergency response system providers to the group subject to discipline by the emergency medical services board; direct that if the emergency services discipline conflicts with the specific personal emergency response system providers discipline, the latter takes precedence; amend KRS 311A.060 to include personal emergency response system providers among those subject to stated penalties imposed by the emergency medical services board; amend KRS 311A.095 to make licensure and certification renewal rules of the emergency medical services board apply to personal emergency response system providers; and amend KRS 311A.125 to allow the emergency medical services board to establish continuing education requirements for personal emergency response system providers. |
Index Headings of Original Version |
Safety - Personal emergency response systems, regulate private residential use and sale of Popular Names and Short Titles - Christine Talley Act Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Personal Emergency response systems, laws for private residential sales, exempt institutions from Insurance - Personal emergency response systems, coverage required to sell private residential versions of Licensing - Personal emergency response systems, license providers of private residential sale and use of Local Government - Personal emergency response systems, limit local regulation of private residential sale and use of Occupations and Professions - Personal emergency response systems, license providers of private residential versions of State Agencies - Personal emergency response systems, Emergency Medical Services Board, authority over private use of Aged Persons and Aging - Personal emergency response systems, regulate private residential use and sale of Disabilities and the Disabled - Personal emergency response systems, regulate private residential use and sale of Emergency Medical Services - Personal emergency response systems, regulate private residential use and sale of Health and Medical Services - Personal emergency response systems, regulate private residential use and sale of Local Mandate - Personal emergency response systems, regulate private residential use and sale of Corrections Impact - Personal emergency response systems, regulate private residential use and sale of |
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