PRINTER'S NO. 795

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No.

675

Session of

2015

INTRODUCED BY HANNA, BROWNLEE, FREEMAN, KINSEY, GODSHALL, ROZZI,

HARHAI, READSHAW, BOBACK, CONKLIN, KAVULICH, D. COSTA AND

MURT, MARCH 3, 2015

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. Reimbursement for emergency services responses.

7392. Certain municipalities exempt.

Resources of the Commonwealth.

" Emergency communication center. " An officially recognized

and approved Federal, State, county or municipal operation whose

purpose is 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

emergency vehicle or 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. " Any of the following:

(1) The dispatch of a volunteer emergency services

organization by an officially recognized and approved

emergency communication center.

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

Pennsylvania State Police or local police whether the call or

request comes through an emergency communication center or

not.

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

the control of the Department of Conservation and Natural

chartered corporation, association or organization located in

this Commonwealth whose members are specially trained to respond

to accidents or situations where hazardous or toxic materials

are released into the environment.

" Volunteer rescue service organization. " The term shall have

the same meaning given to it in section 7363 (relating to

definitions).

" Volunteer rescue squad. " A nonprofit chartered corporation,

association or organization located in this Commonwealth which

provides rescue service in this Commonwealth.

services provider and the emergency services provider responds

to the request.

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

(1) procedures regarding requests to emergency services

providers for emergency services on State-owned land; and

(2) notwithstanding subsection (c), procedures regarding

payment under subsection (a).

(c) Payment.--The department shall reimburse an emergency

services provider under subsection (a) by making payment as

follows:

one municipality responded.

§ 7392. Certain municipalities exempt.

This chapter shall not apply to an agreement for the

provision of emergency services entered into between the

department and an emergency services provider on or before the

effective date of this section.

§ 7393. Approval of response.

(a) Prerequisite.--A volunteer emergency services

organization that responds to a request to provide emergency

services on State-owned land from the Pennsylvania State Police

(b) Duties of emergency communication center.--Upon

notification by a volunteer rescue services organization of a

request for 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.