HB460 (2006) Detail

Relative to the reimbursement to certain providers by the bureau of emergency communications.


CHAPTER 49

HB 460-FN – FINAL VERSION

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HOUSE BILL 460-FN

AN ACT relative to the reimbursement to certain providers by the bureau of emergency communications.

SPONSORS: Rep. Maxfield, Merr 6

COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill limits the reimbursement to providers of commercial mobile radio service by the bureau of emergency communications to expenses incurred prior to the effective date of this bill.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six

AN ACT relative to the reimbursement to certain providers by the bureau of emergency communications.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

49:1 Enhanced 911 System; Coordination by Provider of Telephone Service; Reimbursement. Amend RSA 106-H:8 to read as follows:

106-H:8 Coordination by Provider of Telephone Service.

I. Every telephone utility authorized to do business in the state pursuant to RSA 374:22, I and every entity which provides commercial mobile radio service, as defined in 47 C.F.R. 20.3, and required by the Federal Communications Commission to provide 911 service, shall make available the universal emergency telephone number 911 for use by the public in seeking assistance from fire, police, and other related safety agencies through a single public safety answering point. Each telephone service provider shall assure that all requests for police, fire, medical, or other emergency services received by the provider or the provider's operator services shall be transferred to the public safety answering point. Such transfer shall include the calling party's telephone number in American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) in a format recommended for data exchange by the National Emergency Number Association (NENA).

II. For purposes of implementing this chapter, any provider of commercial mobile radio service shall be entitled to reimbursement from the bureau of the reasonable expenses incurred prior to the effective date of this paragraph to accomplish the provision of enhanced 911 service to the extent authorized by the Federal Communications Commission and approved by the enhanced 911 commission. The bureau may utilize the services of any other state agency or a consultant to assist in reviewing the requested reimbursement to insure that it is reasonable and may seek recovery of the expense of that review from the provider.

49:2 Review of Claims. The enhanced 911 commission shall approve and the bureau, as defined in RSA 106-H:2, III, shall pay, in a timely fashion and with the prior approval of the fiscal committee of the general court, all reimbursement claims filed under RSA 106-H:8 by providers of commercial mobile radio service for reasonable expenses incurred prior to the effective date of RSA 106-H:8, II to which the providers are entitled.

49:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 30 days after its passage.

Approved: April 19, 2006

Effective: May 19, 2006