PRINTER'S NO. 1457

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No.

1230

Session of

2017

INTRODUCED BY HANNA, O'NEILL, D. COSTA, FREEMAN, COX, CAUSER,

McNEILL, SAINATO, MASSER, GILLEN, CONKLIN AND FARRY,

APRIL 17, 2017

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 73 of Title 35 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subchapter to read:

Sec.

7390. Definitions.

7391. Payment for emergency services responses.

7392. Certain municipalities exempt.

Resources of the Commonwealth.

" Emergency communication center. " A facility recognized by

the State or governing body of a municipality to do all of the

following:

(1) Receive emergency calls.

(2) Determine the appropriate agency, equipment and

vehicles required to respond to emergency calls.

(3) Dispatch the appropriate agency, equipment and

vehicles to the location of the emergency situation, incident

or event.

ambulance, heavy and light rescue squad unit, quick response

unit and other related emergency units used in the normal

operation of an emergency service.

(2) A volunteer emergency service.

"Emergency situation, incident or event." Any of the

following:

(1) A disaster.

(2) Nonemergency calls for medical assistance.

(3) Any other situation, incident or event that does or

may present a potential danger and threat to the health and

"Officially recognized dispatch." The dispatch of a

volunteer emergency services organization by an emergency

communication center.

" State-owned land. " Land that is owned or leased by or under

the control of the Department of Conservation and Natural

Resources.

" Volunteer ambulance service. " The term shall have the same

meaning given to it in section 7363 (relating to definitions).

" Volunteer fire company. " The term shall have the same

meaning given to it in section 7363.

association or organization located in this Commonwealth which

provides rescue service in this Commonwealth.

§ 7391. Payment for emergency services responses.

(a) General rule.--The department shall pay an emergency

services provider $225 when the department requests emergency

services from the emergency services provider during an

emergency situation, incident or event on State-owned land, and

the emergency services provider responds to the request.

(b) Procedures.--The department shall develop:

(1) procedures regarding requests to emergency services

(c) Payment.--The department shall make payment under

subsection (a) as follows:

(1) To the volunteer emergency service organization that

responded.

(2) To the municipality, if a municipal emergency

services department that serves one municipality responded.

(3) To the municipal emergency services department, if a

municipal emergency services department that serves more than

one municipality responded.

§ 7392. Certain municipalities exempt.

(1) Except as provided under paragraph (2), a volunteer

emergency services organization that responds to a request

for emergency services during an emergency situation,

incident or event on State-owned land from the Pennsylvania

State Police or local police that has not come through an

emergency communication center must be approved by an

emergency communication center prior to responding to the

special call or request.

(2) A response to a special call or request from the

Pennsylvania State Police or local police regardless of

notification by a volunteer rescue services organization of an

officially recognized dispatch on State-owned land, the

emergency communication center shall:

(1) Approve the response.

(2) Assign a dispatch number to the volunteer emergency

services organization.

(3) Contact the municipal emergency services department,

organization or person making the request to confirm the

request.