Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-5a — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 517 / Section 28-5a
Sec. 28-5a. Response plan for a mass shooting event.
Status: in_force

(b) In any response plan for a mass shooting event, the commissioner shall include provisions directing the coordination of a meeting with the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the local police department, community leaders, including religious leaders and representatives of the Project Longevity Initiative, established under section 4-68bb , for the purpose of determining (1) why the shooting event occurred, (2) what circumstances led to the shooting event, (3) whether there were warning signs that such shooting event would occur, (4) preventative measures the community can enact to prevent further shooting events, and (5) if there are resources available to assist the community in its response to the shooting event. At the conclusion of such meeting, the meeting participants shall report their findings to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection. The commissioner shall review and report the findings and any other information the commissioner deems pertinent, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , to the Governor, majority and minority leaders of the House of Representatives and the Senate and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety and security. Such report shall include recommendations, if any, for legislative action to reduce mass shooting events.

(c) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall coordinate with the Commissioner of Public Health for the deployment of grief counselors and mental health professionals to provide mental health services to the family members or other individuals with a close association with any victim of a mass shooting. Such deployments shall be made to local community outreach groups in and around the impacted geographical location and to any school or institution of higher education where any victim or perpetrator of a mass shooting event was enrolled.

(d) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall coordinate an investigation into each mass shooting event with the office of the Chief State's Attorney. Each such investigation shall consider: (1) How the perpetrator acquired any firearm used in the event, (2) whether the firearm that was used was legally acquired, (3) if the magazine used in the shooting was a large capacity magazine, as defined in section 53-202w , and (4) the backgrounds of the perpetrator and the victims. The commissioner and Chief State's Attorney shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , a summary of each such investigation, all findings of such investigation, including any determination of cause of the mass shooting event and any recommendations to prevent future mass shooting events to the Governor, majority and minority leaders of the House of Representatives and the Senate and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety and security and to the chief elected officer and legislative body, each as described in section 7-193 , of the municipality where the mass shooting event occurred.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-5 — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 517 / Section 28-5
Sec. 28-5. Preparation for civil preparedness. Subpoenas. Comprehensive plan and program for civil preparedness. Training programs. Cooperation by other state agencies. Orders and regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner shall direct the preparation of a comprehensive plan and program for the civil preparedness of the state and integrate and coordinate that plan and program to the fullest extent possible with the civil preparedness plans of the federal government and of other states. When the plan and program has been prepared, the commissioner shall present it to the Governor for his or her approval. When the Governor approves the plan, all government agencies, state or local, all civil preparedness forces in the state and all public service companies, as defined in section 16-1 , shall carry out the duties and functions assigned by the plan and program as approved. The plan and program may, from time to time, be amended or modified in like manner. The commissioner shall coordinate the civil preparedness activities of the towns and cities of the state to the end that they shall be fully integrated with the state civil preparedness plan and program.

(c) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall, within available appropriations and in consultation with the Commissioners of Social Services, Public Health, Children and Families, Mental Health and Addiction Services and Education, and the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity, update and amend the state civil preparedness plan and program established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section to address the needs of children during natural disasters, man-made disasters and terrorism. The plan may also be amended in consultation with parents, local emergency services and child care providers. The amended plan shall include, but not be limited to, a requirement that all schools and licensed and regulated child care services, as defined in section 19a-77 , have written multihazard disaster response plans that address (1) the evacuation and removal of children to a safe location, (2) notification of parents in the event of a disaster or terrorism, (3) reunification of parents with their children, and (4) care for children with special needs during a disaster or terrorism.

(d) In accordance with the state civil preparedness plan and program, the commissioner shall institute such training programs and public information programs, shall take all other preparatory steps, including the partial or full mobilization of civil preparedness forces in advance of actual disaster, as may be necessary to the prompt and effective operation of the state civil preparedness plan in time of emergency and may, from time to time, conduct such practice blackouts or radio silences as may be authorized by the United States Army or its duly designated agency, and such practice air raid alerts or other civil preparedness exercises as the commissioner may deem necessary.

(e) The commissioner shall utilize the personnel, services, equipment, supplies and facilities of existing departments, offices and agencies of the state to the maximum extent possible. The head of each such department, office or agency, in cooperation with and under the direction of the commissioner, shall be responsible for the planning and programming of such activities in the civil preparedness programs as will involve the utilization of the facilities of his or her department, office, institution or agency and shall implement and carry out such activities whenever necessary for the welfare and safety of the state, including participation in planning, training and exercises, as directed by the commissioner.

(f) In order to accomplish the purposes of this chapter, the commissioner may make such orders and such regulations as may be necessary to develop and implement the civil preparedness plan and program. Subject to the provisions of chapter 54, all such orders and regulations shall have the full force and effect of law.

(g) On and after October 1, 2019, the state civil preparedness plan and program established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall consider the most recent sea level change scenario updated pursuant to subsection (b) of section 25-68o .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-24 — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 518a / Section 28-24
Sec. 28-24. Division of State-Wide Emergency Telecommunications. Enhanced emergency 9-1-1 program. Funding.
Status: in_force

(1) Develop a state-wide emergency service telecommunications plan specifying emergency police, fire and medical service telecommunications systems needed to provide coordinated emergency service telecommunications to all state residents, including persons with physical disabilities and persons in need of mental health, behavioral health or substance use disorder services;

(2) (A) Develop and administer an enhanced emergency 9-1-1 program, which shall provide for: (i) The replacement of existing 9-1-1 terminal equipment for each public safety answering point; (ii) the subsidization of regional public safety emergency telecommunications centers, with enhanced subsidization (I) for municipalities with a population of forty thousand or more, and (II) pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, for such centers serving at least one municipality with a population of one hundred thousand or more as of July 1, 2016; (iii) the establishment of incentives to encourage regionalization of public safety answering points, which incentives shall include, but not be limited to, a transition grant program; (iv) the establishment of a regional emergency telecommunications service credit in order to support regional dispatch services; and (v) the implementation of the next generation 9-1-1 telecommunication system;

(B) (i) Beginning July 1, 2019, and ending on the date a regulation described in subparagraph (B)(v) of this subdivision is posted on the eRegulations System by the Secretary of the State in accordance with section 4-172 , or on May 1, 2020, whichever is sooner, enhanced subsidization payments for any regional public safety emergency telecommunications center described in subparagraph (A)(ii)(II) of this subdivision shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of this subparagraph, provided subsidization payments for regional public safety emergency telecommunications centers other than those described in said subparagraph shall not be decreased as a result of such calculation.

(ii) As used in this subparagraph:

(I) “Division” means the Division of State-Wide Emergency Telecommunications;

(II) “RPOP” means the aggregate population of the towns or cities served by the regional public safety emergency telecommunications center as determined by the most recent population figures from the Department of Public Health;

(III) “RPV” means the regional population value calculated by identifying the total annual subsidy paid by the division for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, to all regional public safety emergency telecommunications centers, multiplying such total annual subsidy payment by twenty-five per cent, and dividing such product by the aggregate population of the towns or cities served by all such centers in existence on December 31, 2017, as determined by the population figures from the Department of Public Health on said date;

(IV) “RCV” means the regional call value calculated by the total annual subsidy paid by the division for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, to all regional public safety emergency telecommunications centers, multiplying such total annual subsidy by seventy-five per cent, and dividing such product by the number of 9-1-1 calls received for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, at all such centers in existence on December 31, 2017;

(V) “RCALL” means the average, over the most recent three calendar years, of the number of 9-1-1 calls annually received by a regional public safety emergency telecommunications center; and

(VI) “RT” means the enhanced subsidization payment calculated under this subdivision for a regional public safety emergency telecommunications center described in subparagraph (A)(ii)(II) of this subdivision.

(iii) (I) On July 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, RPV and RCV shall be adjusted by the division in accordance with any increase in the consumer price index for all urban consumers as published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, during the three calendar years preceding such adjustment.

(II) In the case of a member town or city of a regional public safety emergency telecommunications center for which such center does not provide emergency police, fire and medical services and emergency medical dispatch services, the RPOP and RCALL of such town or city shall not be included in such center's totals for the purpose of calculating enhanced subsidization payments under this subdivision, except that if such town or city is served exclusively by the Connecticut State Police for law enforcement purposes, the RPOP and RCALL of such town or city shall be so included only to the extent of the provision of emergency police services.

(iv) The enhanced subsidization payment for a regional public safety emergency telecommunications center described in subparagraph (A)(ii)(II) of this subdivision shall be calculated as follows:

RT = (RPOP × RPV) + (RCALL × RCV).

(v) The provisions of this subparagraph shall cease to be effective on the date of the posting on the eRegulations System by the Secretary of the State in accordance with section 4-172 of a regulation adopted by the division pursuant to subsection (b) of this section that incorporates a substantially similar formula for the calculation of enhanced subsidization payments under this subparagraph, or on May 1, 2020, whichever is sooner. Until such provisions cease to be effective, the division shall examine the application of a cost-of-living adjustment to such formula and, not later than February 15, 2020, report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , on such examination including any recommendations for legislative action.

(3) Provide technical telecommunications assistance to state and local police, fire and emergency medical service agencies;

(4) Provide frequency coordination for such agencies;

(5) Coordinate and assist in state-wide planning for 9-1-1, E 9-1-1 and the next generation 9-1-1 telecommunication systems, with a focus on facilitating the regionalization of public safety answering points;

(6) Review and make recommendations concerning proposed legislation affecting emergency service telecommunications;

(7) Review and make recommendations to the General Assembly concerning emergency service telecommunications funding, including ways to reduce costs by removing barriers to consolidation of existing public safety answering points; and

(8) On or before January first of each year, prepare the annual budget for the use of funds from the Enhanced 9-1-1 Telecommunications Fund and submit such budget to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for the secretary's review and approval. On or before January fifteenth of each year, said secretary shall submit a report concerning the proposed use of such funds to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, finance, revenue and bonding, and public safety in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a .

(b) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, establishing eligibility standards for state financial assistance to local or regional police, fire and emergency medical service agencies providing emergency service telecommunications. Not later than April 1, 1997, the commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, in order to carry out the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section. Such regulations shall be amended to adopt a formula for the calculation of enhanced subsidization payments that is substantially similar to the formula contained in subparagraph (B) of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Within a time period determined by the commissioner to ensure the availability of funds for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, to the regional emergency telecommunications centers within the state, and not later than April first of each year thereafter, the commissioner shall determine the amount of funding needed for the development and administration of the enhanced emergency 9-1-1 program. The commissioner shall specify the expenses associated with (1) the purchase, installation and maintenance of new public safety answering point terminal equipment, (2) the implementation of the subsidy program, as described in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section, (3) the establishment of incentives to encourage regionalization of public safety answering points, including the implementation of the transition grant program, described in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section, (4) the implementation of the regional emergency telecommunications service credit, as described in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section, provided, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, and each fiscal year thereafter, such credit for coordinated medical emergency direction services as provided in regulations adopted under this section shall be based upon the factor of thirty cents per capita and shall not be reduced each year, (5) the training of personnel, as necessary, (6) recurring expenses and future capital costs associated with the telecommunications network used to provide emergency 9-1-1 service and the public safety services data networks, (7) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, and each fiscal year thereafter, the collection, maintenance and reporting of emergency medical services data, as required under subparagraph (A) of subdivision (8) of section 19a-177 , provided the amount of expenses specified under this subdivision shall not exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars in any fiscal year, (8) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, and each fiscal year thereafter, the initial training of emergency medical dispatch personnel, the provision of an emergency medical dispatch priority reference card set and emergency medical dispatch training and continuing education pursuant to subdivisions (3) and (4) of subsection (g) of section 28-25b , (9) the administration of the enhanced emergency 9-1-1 program by the Division of State-Wide Emergency Telecommunications, as the commissioner determines to be reasonably necessary, and (10) the implementation and maintenance of the public safety data network established pursuant to section 29-1j . The commissioner shall communicate the commissioner's findings to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority not later than April first of each year.

(d) The division may apply for, receive and distribute any federal funds available for emergency service telecommunications. The division shall deposit such federal funds in the Enhanced 9-1-1 Telecommunications Fund established pursuant to section 28-30a .

(e) The division shall work in cooperation with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to carry out the purposes of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-25 — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 518a / Section 28-25
Sec. 28-25. Enhanced 9-1-1 service and next generation 9-1-1 telecommunication system. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Automatic number identification” means an enhanced 9-1-1 service and a next generation 9-1-1 telecommunication system capability that enables the automatic display of the telephone number used to place a 9-1-1 call.

(2) “Automatic location identification” means an enhanced 9-1-1 service and a next generation 9-1-1 telecommunication system capability that enables the automatic display of information defining the geographical location of the telephone used to place a 9-1-1 call.

(3) “Division” means the Division of State-Wide Emergency Telecommunications.

(4) “Commission” means the E 9-1-1 Commission created by section 28-29a .

(5) “Enhanced 9-1-1 service” means a service consisting of telephone network features and public safety answering points provided for users of the public telephone system enabling such users to reach a public safety answering point by dialing the digits “9-1-1”. Such service directs 9-1-1 calls to appropriate public safety answering points by selective routing based on the geographical location from which the call originated and provides the capability for automatic number identification and automatic location identification features.

(6) “Enhanced 9-1-1 network features” means those features of selective routing which have the capability of automatic number and location identification.

(7) “Municipality” means any town, city, borough, consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough.

(8) “Public safety agency” means a functional division of a municipality or the state which provides fire fighting, law enforcement, ambulance, medical or other emergency services.

(9) “Private safety agency” means any entity, except a municipality or a public safety agency, providing emergency fire, ambulance or medical services.

(10) “Public safety answering point” means a facility, operated on a twenty-four-hour basis, assigned the responsibility of receiving 9-1-1 calls and, as appropriate, directly dispatching emergency response services, or transferring or relaying emergency 9-1-1 calls to other public safety agencies. A public safety answering point is the first point of reception by a public safety agency of a 9-1-1 call and serves the jurisdictions in which it is located or other participating jurisdictions.

(11) “Selective routing” means the method employed to direct 9-1-1 calls to the appropriate public safety answering point based on the geographical location from which the call originated.

(12) “Telephone company” includes every corporation, company, association, joint stock association, partnership or person, or lessee thereof, owning, leasing, maintaining, operating, managing or controlling poles, wires, conduits or other fixtures, in, under or over any public highway or street, for the provision of telephone exchange and other systems and methods of telecommunications and services related thereto in or between any or all of the municipalities of this state.

(13) “Private branch exchange” means an electronic telephone exchange installed on the user's premises to allow internal dialing from station to station within such premises and connection to outgoing and incoming lines to the public switched network of a telephone company.

(14) “Private safety answering point” means a facility within a private company, corporation or institution, operated on a twenty-four-hour basis, and assigned the responsibility of receiving 9-1-1 calls routed by a private branch exchange and, directly dispatching in-house emergency response services, or transferring or relaying emergency 9-1-1 calls to other public or private safety agencies.

(15) “Emergency medical dispatch” means the management of requests for emergency medical assistance by utilizing a system of (A) tiered response or priority dispatching of emergency medical resources based on the level of medical assistance needed by the victim, and (B) prearrival first aid or other medical instructions given by trained personnel who are responsible for receiving 9-1-1 calls and directly dispatching emergency response services.

(16) “Emergency notification system” means a service that notifies the public of an emergency.

(17) “Subscriber information” means the name, address and telephone number contained in the enhanced 9-1-1 service database of any telephone used to place a 9-1-1 call or that is used in connection with an emergency notification system.

(18) “Certified telecommunications provider” has the same meaning as provided in section 16-1 .

(19) “Prepaid wireless telecommunications service” has the same meaning as provided in section 28-30b .

(20) “Next generation 9-1-1 telecommunication system” means a system comprised of managed Internet protocol networks that utilizes enhanced 9-1-1 network features and enables users to reach a public safety answering point by making a 9-1-1 call.

(21) “9-1-1 call” means a voice, text message, video or image communication that is routed to a public safety answering point or a private safety answering point by dialing or otherwise accessing the digits “9-1-1”.

Cited. 223 C. 731.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-7 — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 517 / Section 28-7
Sec. 28-7. Local and joint organizations: Organization; powers; temporary aid.
Status: in_force

(b) Each local organization for civil preparedness shall consist of an advisory council and an emergency management director appointed by the chief executive officer. The advisory council shall contain representatives of city or town agencies concerned with civil preparedness and representatives of interests, including business, labor, agriculture, veterans, women's groups, local and state animal humane organizations and others, which are important to the civil preparedness program in the particular community. The emergency management director shall be responsible for the organization, administration and operation of such local organization, subject to the direction and control of the commissioner. The chief executive officer may remove any local emergency management director for cause.

(c) Each local or joint organization shall perform such civil preparedness functions in the territorial limits within which it is organized as the commissioner prescribes. In addition, such local or joint organization shall conduct such functions outside such territorial limits as are prescribed by the state civil preparedness plan and program or by the terms of any mutual aid agreements to which the town is a party.

(d) The emergency management director of each local or joint organization may, with the approval of the commissioner, collaborate with other public and private agencies within the state and develop or cause to be developed mutual aid agreements for civil preparedness aid and assistance in case of disaster too great to be dealt with unassisted. The emergency management director of such joint or local organization may, with the approval of the commissioner, enter into such mutual aid agreements with civil preparedness agencies or organizations in other states. Such agreements shall be consistent with the state civil preparedness plan and program and, in time of emergency, each local or joint organization shall render assistance in accordance with the provisions of such agreements to which it is a party unless otherwise ordered by the commissioner.

(e) Each town or city shall have the power to make appropriations for the payment of salaries and expenses of its local or joint organization or any other civil preparedness agencies or instrumentalities.

(f) In the event of a serious disaster or of a sudden emergency, when such action is deemed necessary for the protection of the health and safety of the people, and upon request of the local chief executive authority, the Governor or the commissioner, without regard to the provisions of section 22a-148 , may authorize the temporary use of such civil preparedness forces, including civil preparedness auxiliary police and firemen, as the Governor deems necessary. Personnel of such civil preparedness forces shall be so employed only with their consent. The provisions of section 28-14 shall apply to personnel so employed.

(g) The state shall reimburse any town or city rendering aid under this section for the compensation paid and actual and necessary travel, subsistence and maintenance expenses of employees of such town or city while rendering such aid, and for all payments for death, disability or injury of such employees in the course of rendering such aid and for all losses of or damage to supplies or equipment of such town or city incurred in the course of rendering such aid.

(h) Whenever, in the judgment of a local emergency management director, with prior approval of the commissioner, it is deemed essential to authorize the temporary assignment, with their consent, of any members of civil preparedness forces who are not paid employees of the state or any political subdivision thereof, for a temporary civil preparedness mission, the provisions of section 28-14 shall apply. A complete written record of the conditions and dates of such assignment shall be maintained by the local director concerned and such record shall be available for examination by the commissioner and the Attorney General. The commissioner shall establish the necessary procedures to administer this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-9 — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 517 / Section 28-9
Sec. 28-9. Civil preparedness or public health emergency; Governor's powers. Modification or suspension of statutes, regulations or other requirements.
Status: in_force

(b) Upon such proclamation, the following provisions of this section and the provisions of section 28-11 shall immediately become effective and shall continue in effect until the Governor proclaims the end of the civil preparedness emergency:

(1) Following the Governor's proclamation of a civil preparedness emergency pursuant to subsection (a) of this section or declaration of a public health emergency pursuant to section 19a-131a , the Governor may modify or suspend in whole or in part, by order as hereinafter provided, any statute, regulation or requirement or part thereof whenever the Governor finds such statute, regulation or requirement, or part thereof, is in conflict with the efficient and expeditious execution of civil preparedness functions or the protection of the public health. The Governor shall specify in such order the reason or reasons therefor and any statute, regulation or requirement or part thereof to be modified or suspended and the period, not exceeding six months unless sooner revoked, during which such order shall be enforced. Any such order shall have the full force and effect of law upon the filing of the full text of such order in the office of the Secretary of the State. The Secretary of the State shall, not later than four days after receipt of the order, cause such order to be printed and published in full in at least one issue of a newspaper published in each county and having general circulation therein, but failure to publish shall not impair the validity of such order. Any statute, regulation or requirement, or part thereof, inconsistent with such order shall be inoperative for the effective period of such order. Any such order shall be communicated by the Governor at the earliest date to both houses of the General Assembly.

(2) The Governor may order into action all or any part of the department or local or joint organizations for civil preparedness mobile support units or any other civil preparedness forces.

(3) The Governor shall order and enforce such blackouts and radio silences as are authorized by the United States Army or its duly designated agency and may take any other precautionary measures reasonably necessary in the light of the emergency.

(4) The Governor may designate such vehicles and persons as shall be permitted to move and the routes which they shall follow.

(5) The Governor shall take appropriate measures for protecting the health and safety of inmates of state institutions and children in schools.

(6) The Governor may order the evacuation of all or part of the population of stricken or threatened areas and may take such steps as are necessary for the receipt and care of such evacuees.

(7) The Governor may take such other steps as are reasonably necessary in the light of the emergency to protect the health, safety and welfare of the people of the state, to prevent or minimize loss or destruction of property and to minimize the effects of hostile action.

(8) In order to insure the automatic and effective operation of civil preparedness in the event of enemy attack, sabotage or other hostile action, or in the event of the imminence thereof, the Governor may, at the Governor's discretion, at any time prior to actual development of such conditions, issue such proclamations and executive orders as the Governor deems necessary, such proclamations and orders to become effective only under such conditions.

See Sec. 28-8a re powers of chief executive officers of municipalities during major disasters or emergencies.

Reference to a civil preparedness emergency under this section in definition of “major disaster” set forth in Sec. 28-1(2) makes clear that General Assembly intended that any event that constitutes a “catastrophe” under Sec. 28-1(2) also constitutes a “serious disaster” if Governor declares civil preparedness emergency under this section; Subsec. (b)(1) and (7) are not unconstitutional delegations of legislative power under the separation of powers provision of Art. II of the Connecticut Constitution. 338 C. 479.

Governor's suspension of time limitation for rendering civil judgments set forth in Sec. 51-183b did not constitute unconstitutional exercise of legislature's exclusive lawmaking function or authority to define jurisdiction of Superior Court because legislature exercised such function in adopting section and Sec. 51-183b does not pertain to jurisdiction of Superior Court. 204 CA 763.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-25b — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 518a / Section 28-25b
Sec. 28-25b. Public safety answering points. Automatic alarms or alerting devices. Private safety answering points. Report. Emergency medical dispatch.
Status: in_force

(b) Each public safety answering point shall be equipped with a system approved by the division for the processing of requests for emergency services from the physically disabled.

(c) No person shall connect to a telephone company's network any automatic alarm or other automatic alerting device which causes the number “9-1-1” to be automatically dialed and provides a prerecorded message in order to directly access emergency services, except for a device approved by the division.

(d) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, no person, firm or corporation shall program any telephone or associated equipment with outgoing access to the public switched network of a telephone company so as to prevent a 9-1-1 call from being transmitted from such telephone to a public safety answering point.

(e) A private company, corporation or institution which has full-time law enforcement, fire fighting and emergency medical service personnel, with the approval of the division and the municipality in which it is located, may establish 9-1-1 service to enable users of telephones within their private branch exchange to reach a private safety answering point by dialing or otherwise accessing the digits “9-1-1”. Such 9-1-1 service shall provide the capability to deliver and display automatic number identification and automatic location identification by electronic or manual methods approved by the division to the private safety answering point. Prior to the installation and utilization of such 9-1-1 service, each municipality in which it will function, shall submit a private branch exchange 9-1-1 utilization plan to the division in a format approved by the division. Such plan shall be approved by the chief executive officer of such municipality who shall attest that the dispatch of emergency response services from a private safety answering point is equal to, or better than, the emergency response services dispatched from a public safety answering point.

(f) On and after January 1, 2001, each public safety answering point shall submit to the division, on a quarterly basis, a report of all 9-1-1 calls for services received through the enhanced 9-1-1 service and the next generation 9-1-1 telecommunication system by the public safety answering point. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, the following information: (1) The number of 9-1-1 calls during the reporting quarter; and (2) for each such call, the elapsed time period from the time the call was received to the time the call was answered, and the elapsed time period from the time the call was answered to the time the call was transferred or terminated, expressed in time ranges or fractile response times. The information required under this subsection may be submitted in any written or electronic form selected by such public safety answering point and approved by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, provided the commissioner shall take into consideration the needs of such public safety answering point in approving such written or electronic form. On a quarterly basis, the division shall make such information available to the public and shall post such information on its Internet web site.

(g) (1) Not later than July 1, 2004, each public safety answering point shall provide emergency medical dispatch, or shall arrange for emergency medical dispatch to be provided by a public safety agency, private safety agency or regional emergency telecommunications center, in connection with all 9-1-1 calls received by such public safety answering point for which emergency medical services are required. Any public safety answering point that arranges for emergency medical dispatch to be provided by a public safety agency, private safety agency or regional emergency telecommunications center shall file with the division such documentation as the division may require to demonstrate that such public safety agency, private safety agency or regional emergency telecommunications center satisfies the requirements of subdivisions (2) and (3) of this subsection.

(2) Each public safety answering point, public safety agency, private safety agency or regional emergency telecommunications center performing emergency medical dispatch in accordance with subdivision (1) of this subsection shall establish and maintain an emergency medical dispatch program. Such program shall include, but not be limited to, the following elements: (A) Medical interrogation, dispatch prioritization and prearrival instructions in connection with 9-1-1 calls requiring emergency medical services shall be provided only by personnel who have been trained in emergency medical dispatch through satisfactory completion of a training course provided or approved by the division under subdivision (3) of this subsection; (B) a medically approved emergency medical dispatch priority reference system shall be utilized by such personnel; (C) emergency medical dispatch continuing education shall be provided for such personnel; (D) a mechanism shall be employed to detect and correct discrepancies between established emergency medical dispatch protocols and actual emergency medical dispatch practice; and (E) a quality assurance component shall be implemented to monitor, at a minimum, (i) emergency medical dispatch time intervals, (ii) the utilization of emergency medical dispatch program components, and (iii) the appropriateness of emergency medical dispatch instructions and dispatch protocols. The quality assurance component shall be prepared with the assistance of a physician licensed in this state who is trained in emergency medicine and shall provide for an ongoing review of the effectiveness of the emergency medical dispatch program.

(3) Not later than July 1, 2001, the division shall provide an emergency medical dispatch training course and an emergency medical dispatch continuing education course, or approve any emergency medical dispatch training course and emergency medical dispatch continuing education course offered by other providers, that meets the requirements of the U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD): National Standard Curriculum, as from time to time amended.

(4) The division shall provide each public safety answering point or regional emergency telecommunications center performing emergency medical dispatch in accordance with subdivision (1) of this subsection with initial training of emergency medical dispatch personnel and an emergency medical dispatch priority reference card set.

Cited. 223 C. 731.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-29a — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 518a / Section 28-29a
Sec. 28-29a. E 9-1-1 Commission.
Status: in_force

(b) The commission shall be appointed by the Governor and shall consist of the following members: (1) One representative from the technical support services unit of the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection; (2) the State Fire Administrator; (3) one representative from the Office of Emergency Medical Services; (4) one representative from the Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection; (5) the Commissioner of Public Health, or the commissioner's designee; (6) the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, or the commissioner's designee; (7) the Commissioner of Children and Families, or the commissioner's designee; (8) one municipal police chief; (9) one municipal fire chief; (10) one volunteer fireman; (11) one representative of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities; (12) one representative of the Council of Small Towns; (13) one representative of telecommunicators, as defined in section 28-30 ; (14) one representative of the public; (15) one manager or coordinator of 9-1-1 public safety answering points serving areas of differing population concentration; and (16) one representative of providers of commercial mobile radio services, as defined in 47 Code of Federal Regulations 20.3, as amended. Each member shall serve for a term of three years from the date of his or her appointment or until a successor has been appointed and qualified. No member of the commission shall receive compensation for such member's services.

Cited. 223 C. 731.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-14 — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 517 / Section 28-14
Sec. 28-14. Compensation for death, disability or injury.
Status: in_force

(b) Any sums payable under any Act of Congress or other federal program as compensation for death, disability or injury of civil preparedness workers shall be deducted from the amount payable under subsection (a) of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-6 — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 517 / Section 28-6
Sec. 28-6. Mutual aid or mobile support units.
Status: in_force

(b) Personnel of such civil preparedness units or forces, while engaged in officially authorized civil preparedness duty under this section, shall: (1) If they are employees of the state, have the powers, duties, rights, privileges and immunities and receive the compensation incident to their employment; (2) if they are employees of a political subdivision of the state, and whether serving within or without such political subdivision, have the powers, duties, rights, privileges and immunities and receive the compensation incident to their employment; and (3) if they are not employees of the state or a political subdivision thereof, be entitled to such compensation from the state as is determined by the Commissioner of Administrative Services under the provisions of section 4-40 and to the same rights and immunities as are provided by law for the employees of this state, provided in no instance shall such compensation be determined at a rate less than the minimum wage as determined by the Labor Commissioner. All personnel of mobile support units shall, while on duty, be subject to the operational control of the authority in charge of civil preparedness activities in the area in which they are serving.

(c) The state shall reimburse a political subdivision for the compensation paid and actual and necessary travel, subsistence and maintenance expenses of employees of the political subdivision while ordered to duty under this section as members of a mobile support unit, and for all payments for death, disability or injury of such employees incurred in the course of such duty, and for all losses of or damage to supplies and equipment of such political subdivisions used by such mobile support units.

(d) Whenever the mobile support unit of another state renders aid pursuant to the orders of the Governor of its home state and upon the request of the Governor of this state, this state shall reimburse such other state for the compensation paid and actual and necessary travel, subsistence and maintenance expenses of the personnel of such mobile support units incurred in rendering such aid, and for all payments for death, disability or injury of such personnel incurred in rendering such aid, and for all losses of or damage to supplies and equipment of such other state or a political subdivision thereof resulting from rendering such aid, provided the laws of such other state shall contain provisions substantially similar to those of this section.

(e) No personnel of mobile support units of this state shall be ordered by the Governor to operate in any other state unless the laws of such other state contain provisions substantially similar to those of this section or unless such state is a signatory to the Emergency Management Assistance Compact established in section 28-23a .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-30 — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 518a / Section 28-30
Sec. 28-30. Definitions. Certification of telecommunicators and instructors. Revocation, suspension or refusal to renew certification. Automatic certification. Indemnification. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(1) “Telecommunications” means any system in which electronic signals are used to transmit information between or among points, including but not limited to, systems transmitting voice, data or video by means of waves in any portion of the electromagnetic spectrum;

(2) “Telecommunicator” means any person engaged in or employed as a telecommunications operator by any public safety agency or private safety agency, as defined in section 28-25 , whose primary responsibility is the receipt or processing of 9-1-1 calls for emergency assistance or the dispatching of emergency services provided by public safety agencies and who receives or disseminates information relative to emergency assistance by telephone or radio;

(3) “Division” means the Division of State-Wide Emergency Telecommunications established under section 28-24 .

(b) The division, in cooperation with public safety agencies, as defined in section 28-25 , may:

(1) Establish minimum standards for the training of telecommunicators, provided a public safety agency may establish telecommunicator training standards that exceed the minimum established by the division;

(2) Develop and conduct examination programs to certify the successful completion of performance standards;

(3) Issue certificates of completion to persons who have successfully completed a telecommunicator training program developed by the division and have demonstrated proficiency in the completion of performance standards;

(4) Issue certificates of recognition to persons who, by reason of specialized training, experience or education, are qualified for certification as telecommunicator instructors;

(5) Coordinate the delivery of telecommunicator training programs, as required, to the public safety agencies; and

(6) Renew the certification of telecommunicators and telecommunicator instructors who have maintained the minimum skills established by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.

(c) On and after January 1, 1990, no person may be employed as a telecommunicator by any public safety agency or private safety agency for a period exceeding one year unless such person has been certified by the division upon (1) successfully completing a telecommunicator training program and demonstrating proficiency in the performance of telecommunicator training program standards, or (2) successfully completing a written or oral examination developed by the division.

(d) The division shall issue a written acknowledgment of achievement, without participation in a telecommunicator training program, to any person who, by reason of experience or specialized training demonstrates competence in the performance of telecommunicator training standards as developed by the division.

(e) The division may revoke, suspend or refuse to renew any certificate if: (1) The certificate was issued by administrative error, (2) the certificate was obtained through misrepresentation of a material fact or fraud, (3) the holder has failed to perform the duties for which certification was granted or to maintain minimum skills, or (4) the holder has been convicted of a felony. The division shall not revoke, suspend or refuse to renew any certificate except upon notice and hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.

(f) Any telecommunicator employed by a public or private safety agency on a permanent basis on or before January 1, 1990, shall be deemed to have met all certification requirements and shall be automatically certified under the provisions of this section. Such certification shall expire when the person terminates his or her permanent employment with such agency.

(g) The state shall save harmless and indemnify any person certified as a telecommunicator instructor by the division under the provisions of this section from financial loss and expense, including legal fees and costs, if any, arising out of any claim, demand, suit or judgment by reason of alleged negligence or alleged deprivation of any person's civil rights or other act resulting in personal injury or property damage, which acts are not wanton, reckless or malicious, provided such person at the time of the acts resulting in such injury or damage was acting in the discharge of his or her duties in providing telecommunicator training and instruction.

(h) The division shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to implement the provisions of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-1j — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 517 / Section 28-1j
Sec. 28-1j. Designation of hazard zone re liquefied natural gas terminal: Recommendations; approval; notice; hearings; vote; notification.
Status: in_force

(b) The Governor and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment and public safety shall approve the designation of a hazard zone in relation to a liquefied natural gas terminal located or proposed to be located on Long Island Sound that will impact Connecticut waters or land prior to such designation by the United States Coast Guard taking effect.

(c) The Attorney General shall file, in writing, notice of the United States Coast Guard's designation of such a hazard zone with the clerks of the House of Representatives and the Senate and the office of the Governor.

(d) Not later than five days after receiving such notice, the clerks of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall refer the notice to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety and the environment. The committees shall hold a joint public hearing regarding such notice not later than thirty days after receiving the notice. Not later than five days after the hearing, the committees shall each (1) hold a roll-call vote to approve or reject the notice, and (2) forward the notice and a record of the committee's vote to the General Assembly.

(e) Not later than fifteen days after receiving such notice the General Assembly may approve or reject the notice. The notice shall be approved in whole, by a majority vote of each house. If one house fails to approve, the notice shall be rejected. If the General Assembly fails to vote during such fifteen-day period, the notice shall be deemed rejected. If the notice is submitted when the General Assembly is not in session, the notice shall be deemed rejected if the General Assembly fails to convene to consider the notice by the thirtieth day after it receives the notice from the committee. The clerks of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall notify the United States Coast Guard, in writing, by registered mail of any approval or rejection pursuant to this subsection.

(f) The Governor shall approve or reject the notice of the United States Coast Guard's designation of such a hazard zone and shall notify the United States Coast Guard, in writing, by registered mail of such approval or rejection.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-30a — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 518a / Section 28-30a
Sec. 28-30a. Enhanced 9-1-1 Telecommunications Fund.
Status: in_force

(b) The State Treasurer, in consultation with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, shall invest the moneys deposited in the Enhanced 9-1-1 Telecommunications Fund in the Short-Term Investment Fund authorized under section 3-27a or investments in which the Treasurer may invest assets of the trust funds which are listed in section 3-13c .

(c) The resources of the Enhanced 9-1-1 Telecommunications Fund shall be used solely to fund the expenses, as determined by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection in accordance with subsection (c) of section 28-24 , associated with the enhanced emergency 9-1-1 program. Any surplus shall be carried forward to successive fiscal years and used for the sole purpose of administering the enhanced emergency 9-1-1 program.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-15 — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 517 / Section 28-15
Sec. 28-15. Acceptance of federal or other assistance. Nondiscrimination.
Status: in_force

(b) No person shall discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, sex, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, ancestry or economic status in carrying out any provision of this chapter or any federal major disaster or emergency assistance function in this state.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-22a — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 517a / Section 28-22a
Sec. 28-22a. Intrastate Mutual Aid Compact.
Status: in_force

Intrastate Mutual Aid Compact.

Article I. Purposes

This compact shall be known as the Intrastate Mutual Aid Compact and is made and entered into by and between the participating political subdivisions of this state. The purpose of this compact is to create a system of intrastate mutual aid between participating political subdivisions in the state. Each participant of this system recognizes that emergencies transcend political jurisdictional boundaries and that intergovernmental coordination is essential for the protection of lives and property and for best use of available assets. The system shall provide for mutual assistance among the participating political subdivisions in the prevention of, response to, and recovery from, any disaster that results in a declaration of a local civil preparedness emergency in a participating political subdivision, subject to that participating political subdivision's criteria for declaration. The system shall provide for mutual cooperation among the participating subdivisions in conducting disaster-related exercises, testing or training activities.

Article II. General Provisions

(1) For purposes of this compact: (A) “Participating political subdivision” means each political subdivision of the state whose legislative body has not adopted a resolution withdrawing from this compact in accordance with the provisions of this article; and (B) “chief executive officer” means the elected or appointed officer granted the authority to declare a local civil preparedness emergency by the charter or ordinance of his or her political subdivision.

(2) On and after October 1, 2007, each political subdivision within the state shall automatically be a participating member of this compact. A participating political subdivision may withdraw from this compact by adopting a resolution indicating its intent to do so. The political subdivision shall automatically be deemed to have withdrawn from this compact upon adoption of such a resolution. The chief executive officer of such political subdivision shall submit a copy of such resolution to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection not later than ten days after the adoption of the resolution. Nothing in this article shall preclude a participating political subdivision from entering into a supplementary mutual aid agreement with another political subdivision or affect any other inter-local municipal agreement, including any other mutual aid agreement, to which a political subdivision may be a party or become a party.

(3) In the event of a serious disaster affecting any political subdivision of the state, the chief executive officer of that political subdivision may declare a local civil preparedness emergency. The chief executive officer of such political subdivision shall notify the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection of such declaration not later than twenty-four hours after such declaration. Such a declaration shall activate the emergency plan of operations of that political subdivision, as established under subsection (a) of section 28-7 , and authorize the request or furnishing of aid and assistance, including any aid and assistance provided under the intrastate mutual aid system described in this section. No immunity, rights or privileges shall be provided for any individual who self-dispatches in response to a declaration, without authorization by such individual's participating political subdivision.

Article III. Responsibilities of the Local and Joint Organizations of Participating Political Subdivisions

The participating political subdivisions shall ensure that the duties of their local or joint organizations, as described in subsection (a) of section 28-7 , include the following:

(1) Identifying potential hazards that could affect the participating political subdivisions using an identification system common to all participating jurisdictions;

(2) Conducting of joint planning, intelligence sharing and threat assessment development with contiguous participating political subdivisions, and conducting joint training at least biennially;

(3) Identifying and inventorying the current services, equipment, supplies, personnel and other resources related to planning, prevention, mitigation, response and recovery activities of the participating political subdivisions; and

(4) Adopting and implementing the standardized incident management system approved by the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection.

Article IV. Implementation

Any request for assistance made by the chief executive officer of a participating political subdivision who has declared a local civil preparedness emergency shall be made to the chief executive officers of other participating political subdivisions or their designees. Requests may be oral or in writing, and shall be reported to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection not later than twenty-four hours after the request. Oral requests shall be reduced to writing not later than forty-eight hours after the request.

Article V. Conditions

A participating political subdivision's obligation to provide assistance in the case of a declared local civil preparedness emergency is subject to the following conditions:

(1) A participating political subdivision shall have declared a local civil preparedness emergency;

(2) A responding participating political subdivision may withhold or recall resources to the extent it deems necessary to provide reasonable protection and services for its own jurisdiction;

(3) Personnel of a responding participating political subdivision shall continue under the command and control of their responding jurisdiction, including emergency medical treatment protocols, standard operating procedures and other protocols, but shall be under the operational control of the appropriate officials within the incident management system of the participating political subdivision receiving assistance; and

(4) Assets and equipment of a responding participating political subdivision shall continue under the control of the responding jurisdiction, but shall be under the operational control of the appropriate officials within the incident management system of the participating political subdivision receiving assistance.

Article VI. Licenses, Certificates and Permits

(1) If a person or entity holds a license, certificate or other permit issued by a participating political subdivision or the state evidencing qualification in a profession, mechanical skill or other skill, and the assistance of that person or entity is requested by a participating political subdivision, such person or entity shall be deemed to be licensed, certified or permitted in the political subdivision requesting assistance for the duration of the declared local civil preparedness emergency, subject to any limitations and conditions as may be prescribed by the chief executive officer of the participating political subdivisions, by executive order or otherwise; or by the person or entity's sponsor hospital.

(2) The officers, members and employees of the responding political subdivision, including, but not limited to, public works personnel, firefighters, police or other assigned personnel rendering aid or assistance pursuant to the compact and this section shall have the same duties, rights, privileges and immunities as if they were performing their duties in the responding political subdivision.

Article VII. Reimbursement

(1) Participating political subdivisions shall maintain documentation of all assets provided. In the event of federal reimbursement to a requesting political subdivision, any political subdivision providing assistance under the compact and this section shall receive its appropriate share of said reimbursement.

(2) A participating political subdivision may donate assets of any kind to a requesting participating political subdivision. Unless requested in writing, no reimbursement shall be sought by a responding political subdivision from a requesting political subdivision that has declared a local civil preparedness emergency. Any written request for reimbursement must be made not later than thirty calendar days after the response, except that notice of intent to seek reimbursement shall be given at the time the aid is rendered, or as soon as possible thereafter.

(3) Any dispute between political subdivisions regarding reimbursement shall be resolved by the parties not later than thirty days after written notice of the dispute by the party asserting noncompliance. If the dispute is not resolved within ninety days of the notice of the claim, either party may request that the dispute be resolved through arbitration. Any such arbitration shall be conducted under the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association.

Article VIII. Liability

For the purposes of liability, all persons from a responding political subdivision under the operational control of the requesting political subdivision are deemed to be employees of the responding political subdivision. Neither the participating political subdivisions nor their employees, except in cases of wilful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith, shall be liable for the death of or injury to persons or for damage to property when complying or attempting to comply with the intrastate mutual aid system.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-14a — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 517 / Section 28-14a
Sec. 28-14a. Compensation of volunteers with volunteer organizations that conduct homeland security drills. Compensation for injury, disability or death.
Status: in_force

(b) The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall compensate each volunteer with any volunteer organization that conducts a homeland security drill authorized by said department that exceeds twenty-four consecutive hours in length who participates in such drill and is otherwise employed, at the same rate as such volunteer is compensated in his or her employment in the public or private sector, provided the payment by said department shall be reduced by any amount of compensation such volunteer receives from his or her employer for such drill.

(c) In the event any such volunteer is injured, disabled or dies in the course of any such drill, such volunteer shall be compensated in accordance with the provisions of chapter 568 to the same extent that he or she would have been compensated for such injury, disability or death occurring in the course of his or her employment in the public or private sector.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-9c — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 517 / Section 28-9c
Sec. 28-9c. Removal of debris or wreckage. Governor's powers.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) Authority under this section shall not be exercised unless the affected political subdivision, corporation, organization or individual owning such property shall first present an unconditional authorization for removal of such debris or wreckage from public and private property and, in the case of removal of debris or wreckage from private property, shall first agree to indemnify the state against any claim arising from such removal. (2) Whenever the Governor provides for clearance of debris or wreckage pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, employees of the designated state agencies or individuals appointed by the state are authorized to enter upon private land or waters and perform any tasks necessary to the removal or clearance operation.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-1 — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 517 / Section 28-1
Sec. 28-1. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Attack” means any attack or series of attacks by an enemy of the United States causing, or which may cause, substantial damage or injury to civilian property or persons in the United States in any manner by sabotage or by the use of bombs, shellfire or atomic, radiological, chemical, bacteriological or biological means or other weapons or processes.

(2) “Major disaster” means any catastrophe including, but not limited to, any hurricane, tornado, storm, high water, wind-driven water, tidal wave, tsunami, earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, mudslide, snowstorm or drought, or, regardless of cause, any fire, flood, explosion, or man-made disaster in any part of this state that, (A) in the determination of the President, causes damage of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant major disaster assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 USC 5121 et seq., as amended from time to time, to supplement the efforts and available resources of this state, local governments within the state, and disaster relief organizations in alleviating the damage, loss, hardship, or suffering caused by such catastrophe, or (B) in the determination of the Governor, requires the declaration of a civil preparedness emergency pursuant to section 28-9 .

(3) “Emergency” means any occasion or instance for which, in the determination of the Governor or the President, state or federal assistance is needed to supplement state or local efforts and capabilities to save lives and protect property, public health and safety or to avert or lessen the threat of a disaster or catastrophe in any part of this state.

(4) “Civil preparedness” means all those activities and measures designed or undertaken (A) to minimize or control the effects upon the civilian population of major disaster or emergency, (B) to minimize the effects upon the civilian population caused or which would be caused by an attack upon the United States, (C) to deal with the immediate emergency conditions which would be created by any such attack, major disaster or emergency, and (D) to effectuate emergency repairs to, or the emergency restoration of, vital utilities and facilities destroyed or damaged by any such attack, major disaster or emergency. Such term shall include, but shall not be limited to, (i) measures to be taken in preparation for anticipated attack, major disaster or emergency, including the establishment of appropriate organizations, operational plans and supporting agreements; the recruitment and training of personnel; the conduct of research; the procurement and stockpiling of necessary materials and supplies; the provision of suitable warning systems; the construction and preparation of shelters, shelter areas and control centers; and, when appropriate, the nonmilitary evacuation of the civilian population, pets and service animals; (ii) measures to be taken during attack, major disaster or emergency, including the enforcement of passive defense regulations prescribed by duly established military or civil authorities; the evacuation of personnel to shelter areas; the control of traffic and panic; and the control and use of lighting and civil communication; and (iii) measures to be taken following attack, major disaster or emergency, including activities for firefighting; rescue, emergency medical, health and sanitation services; monitoring for specific hazards of special weapons; unexploded bomb reconnaissance; essential debris clearance; emergency welfare measures; and immediately essential emergency repair or restoration of damaged vital facilities.

(5) “Civil preparedness forces” means any organized personnel engaged in carrying out civil preparedness functions in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or any regulation or order adopted pursuant to this chapter. All the police and fire forces of the state or any political subdivision of the state, or any part of any political subdivision, including all the auxiliaries of these forces and emergency medical service personnel licensed or certified pursuant to section 19a-179 , shall be construed to be a part of the civil preparedness forces. The Connecticut Disaster Medical Assistance Team and the Medical Reserve Corps, under the auspices of the Department of Public Health, the Connecticut Urban Search and Rescue Team, under the auspices of the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, and the Connecticut behavioral health regional crisis response teams, under the auspices of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the Department of Children and Families, and their members, shall be construed to be a part of the civil preparedness forces while engaging in authorized civil preparedness duty or while assisting or engaging in authorized training for the purpose of eligibility for immunity from liability as provided in section 28-13 and for death, disability and injury benefits as provided in section 28-14 . Any member of the civil preparedness forces who is called upon either by civil preparedness personnel or state or municipal police personnel to assist in any emergency shall be deemed to be engaging in civil preparedness duty while assisting in such emergency or while engaging in training under the auspices of the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the Divisions of State Police and Emergency Management and Homeland Security within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or a municipal police department, for the purpose of eligibility for death, disability and injury benefits as provided in section 28-14 .

(6) “Mobile support unit” means an organization of civil preparedness forces created in accordance with the provisions of this chapter to be dispatched by the Governor or Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection to supplement civil preparedness forces in a stricken or threatened area.

(7) “Civil preparedness emergency” or “disaster emergency” means an emergency declared by the Governor under the provisions of this chapter in the event of serious disaster or of enemy attack, sabotage or other hostile action within the state or a neighboring state, or in the event of the imminence of such an event.

(8) “Local civil preparedness emergency” or “disaster emergency” means an emergency declared by the chief executive officer of any town or city in the event of serious disaster affecting such town or city.

(9) “Governor” means the Governor or anyone legally administering the office of Governor.

(10) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection.

(11) “Department” means the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection.

(12) “Political subdivision” means any city, town, municipality, borough or other unit of local government.

Subdiv. (2): The COVID-19 pandemic constitutes a “catastrophe” under the definition of “major disaster”. 338 C. 479.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-27 — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 518a / Section 28-27
Sec. 28-27. Implementation of enhanced 9-1-1 service and next generation 9-1-1 telecommunication system. Technical and operational standards. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) The division, in consultation with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, telephone companies, municipalities and public safety agencies, and subject to the review and approval of the commission, shall establish technical and operational standards for the establishment of public safety answering points which utilize enhanced 9-1-1 network features in accordance with the provisions of sections 28-25 , 28-25a , 28-25b , 28-26 , 28-27a , 28-28 , 28-28a , 28-28b , 28-29 , 28-29a and 28-29b on or before June 30, 1985. The division, in consultation with private companies, corporations or institutions, and subject to the review and approval of the commission, shall establish technical and operational standards for the establishment of private safety answering points which utilize enhanced 9-1-1 network features in accordance with the provisions of said sections on or before September 1, 1991, and at any time the division may amend such standards. Municipalities shall comply with such standards in the design, implementation and operation of public safety answering points. The division may inspect each public safety answering point and private safety answering point which utilizes enhanced 9-1-1 network features to determine if it meets the requirements of said sections and the technical and operational standards established pursuant to this section.

(c) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in consultation with the commission, shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 concerning the establishment and operation of public safety answering points and private safety answering points.

Cited. 223 C. 731.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-8a — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 517 / Section 28-8a
Sec. 28-8a. Municipal chief executive officers' powers during emergency. Benefits for certain persons assisting during emergency. Procedure for payment.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person who is not a member of a civil preparedness force and who is requested by the chief executive officer of a municipality or his designee to render aid in any major disaster, emergency, disaster emergency or attack shall register, as soon as practicable, with the local chief executive authority of the municipality requesting such aid, or his designee. Any such person for whom workers' compensation benefits are not otherwise provided shall be compensated for death, disability or injury resulting from the rendering of such aid pursuant to the provisions of chapter 568, except that (1) such person shall be construed to be an employee of the municipality where the aid was rendered and (2) the person's average weekly wage, as said term is used in chapter 568, shall be ascertained pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 28-14 . All claims under this subsection shall be determined according to the procedures specified in chapter 568.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-9a — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 517 / Section 28-9a
Sec. 28-9a. Governor's further powers.
Status: in_force

(b) Any political subdivision of this state is expressly authorized to acquire, temporarily or permanently, by purchase, lease, or otherwise, sites required for installation of temporary housing units for disaster victims, and to enter into whatever arrangements, including purchase of temporary housing units and payment of transportation charges, which are necessary to prepare or equip such sites to utilize such housing units.

(c) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to limit the Governor's authority to apply for, administer, and expend any grant, gifts, or payments in aid of disaster prevention, preparedness, response or recovery.

(d) “Major disaster”, “emergency” and “temporary housing” as used in this section have the same meanings as the terms are defined, or used, in the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-288, 88 Stat. 143).
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-23a — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 518 / Section 28-23a
Sec. 28-23a. Emergency Management Assistance Compact.
Status: in_force

Emergency Management Assistance Compact

Article I. Purposes and Authorities.

This compact is made and entered into by and between the participating member states which enact this compact, hereinafter called party states. For the purposes of this agreement, the term “states” is taken to mean the several states, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and all United States territorial possessions.

The purpose of this compact is to provide for mutual assistance between the states entering into this compact in managing any emergency or disaster that is duly declared by the Governor of the affected state, whether arising from natural disaster, technological hazard, man-made disaster, civil emergency aspects of resources shortages, community disorders, insurgency or enemy attack.

This compact shall also provide for mutual cooperation in emergency-related exercises, testing or other training activities using equipment and personnel simulating performance of any aspect of the giving and receiving of aid by party states or subdivisions of party states during emergencies, such actions occurring outside actual declared emergency periods. Mutual assistance in this compact may include the use of the states' National Guard forces, either in accordance with the National Guard Mutual Assistance Compact or by mutual agreement between states.

Article II. General Implementation.

Each party state entering into this compact recognizes many emergencies transcend political jurisdictional boundaries and that intergovernmental coordination is essential in managing these and other emergencies under this compact. Each state further recognizes that there will be emergencies which require immediate access and present procedures to apply outside resources to make a prompt and effective response to such an emergency. This is because few, if any, individual states have all the resources they may need in all types of emergencies or the capability of delivering resources to areas where emergencies exist.

The prompt, full and effective utilization of resources of the participating states, including any resources on hand or available from the federal government or any other source, that are essential to the safety, care and welfare of the people in the event of any emergency or disaster declared by a party state, shall be the underlying principle on which all articles of this compact shall be understood.

On behalf of the Governor of each state participating in the compact, the legally designated state official who is assigned responsibility for emergency management will be responsible for formulation of the appropriate interstate mutual aid plans and procedures necessary to implement this compact.

Article III. Party State Responsibilities.

A. It shall be the responsibility of each party state to formulate procedural plans and programs for interstate cooperation in the performance of the responsibilities listed in this article. In formulating such plans and in carrying them out, the party states, insofar as practical, shall:

i. Review individual state hazards analyses and, to the extent reasonably possible, determine all those potential emergencies the party states might jointly suffer, whether due to natural disaster, technological hazard, man-made disaster, emergency aspects of resource shortages, civil disorders, insurgency or enemy attack.

ii. Review party states' individual emergency plans and develop a plan which will determine the mechanism for the interstate management and provision of assistance concerning any potential emergency.

iii. Develop interstate procedures to fill any identified gaps and to resolve any identified inconsistencies or overlaps in existing or developed plans.

iv. Assist in warning communities adjacent to or crossing the state boundaries.

v. Protect and assure uninterrupted delivery of services, medicines, water, food, energy and fuel, search and rescue, and critical lifeline equipment, services and resources, both human and material.

vi. Inventory and set procedures for the interstate loan and delivery of human and material resources, together with procedures for reimbursement or forgiveness.

vii. Provide, to the extent authorized by law, for temporary suspension of any statutes.

B. The authorized representative of a party state may request assistance of another party state by contacting the authorized representative of that state. The provisions of this agreement shall only apply to requests for assistance made by and to authorized representatives. Requests may be verbal or in writing. If verbal, the request shall be confirmed in writing within thirty days of the verbal request. Requests shall provide the following information:

i. A description of the emergency service function for which assistance is needed, such as but not limited to, fire services, law enforcement, emergency medical services, transportation, communications, public works and engineering, building inspection, planning and information assistance, mass care, resource support, health and medical services and search and rescue.

ii. The amount and type of personnel, equipment, materials and supplies needed, and a reasonable estimate of the length of time they will be needed.

iii. The specific place and time for staging of the assisting party's response and a point of contact at that location.

C. There shall be frequent consultation between state officials who have assigned emergency management responsibilities and other appropriate representatives of the party states with affected jurisdictions and the United States government, with free exchange of information, plans and resource records relating to emergency capabilities.

Article IV. Limitations.

Any party state requested to render mutual aid or conduct exercises and training for mutual aid shall take such action as is necessary to provide and make available the resources covered by this compact in accordance with the terms hereof, provided that it is understood that the state rendering aid may withhold resources to the extent necessary to provide reasonable protection for such state. Each party state shall afford to the emergency forces of any party state, while operating within its state limits under the terms and conditions of this compact, the same powers, except that of arrest unless specifically authorized by the receiving state, duties, rights and privileges as are afforded forces of the state in which they are performing emergency services. Emergency forces will continue under the command and control of their regular leaders, but the organizational units will come under the operational control of the emergency services authorities of the state receiving assistance. These conditions may be activated, as needed, only subsequent to a declaration of a state of emergency or disaster by the Governor of the party state that is to receive assistance or commencement of exercises or training for mutual aid and shall continue so long as the exercises or training for mutual aid are in progress, the state of emergency or disaster remains in effect or loaned resources remain in the receiving state or states, whichever is longer.

Article V. Licenses and Permits.

Whenever any person holds a license, certificate or other permit issued by any state party to the compact evidencing the meeting of qualifications for professional, mechanical or other skills, and when such assistance is requested by the receiving party state, such person shall be deemed licensed, certified or permitted by the state requesting assistance to render aid involving such skill to meet a declared emergency or disaster, subject to such limitations and conditions as the Governor of the requesting state may prescribe by executive order or otherwise.

Article VI. Liability.

Officers or employees of a party state rendering aid in another state pursuant to this compact shall be considered agents of the requesting state for tort liability and immunity purposes; and no party state or its officers or employees rendering aid in another state pursuant to this compact shall be liable on account of any act or omission in good faith on the part of such forces while so engaged or on account of the maintenance or use of any equipment or supplies in connection therewith. Good faith in this article shall not include wilful misconduct, gross negligence or recklessness.

Article VII. Supplementary Agreements.

Inasmuch as it is probable that the pattern and detail of the machinery for mutual aid among two or more states may differ from that among the states that are party hereto, this instrument contains elements of a broad base common to all states, and nothing herein contained shall preclude any state from entering into supplementary agreements with another state or affect any other agreements already in force between states. Supplementary agreements may comprehend, but shall not be limited to, provisions for evacuation and reception of injured and other persons and the exchange of medical, fire, police, public utility, reconnaissance, welfare, transportation and communications personnel and equipment and supplies.

Article VIII. Compensation.

Each party state shall provide for the payment of compensation and death benefits to injured members of the emergency forces of that state and representatives of deceased members of such forces in case such members sustain injuries or are killed while rendering aid pursuant to this compact, in the same manner and on the same terms as if the injury or death were sustained within their own state.

Article IX. Reimbursement.

Any party state rendering aid in another state pursuant to this compact shall be reimbursed by the party state receiving such aid for any loss or damage to or expense incurred in the operation of any equipment and the provision of any service in answering a request for aid and for the costs incurred in connection with such requests; provided, that any aiding party state may assume in whole or in part such loss, damage, expense, or other cost or may loan such equipment or donate such services to the receiving party state without charge or cost; and provided further, that any two or more party states may enter into supplementary agreements establishing a different allocation of costs among those states. Article VIII expenses shall not be reimbursable under this provision.

Article X. Evacuation.

Plans for the orderly evacuation and interstate reception of portions of the civilian population as the result of any emergency or disaster of sufficient proportions to so warrant, shall be worked out and maintained between the party states and the emergency management or services directors of the various jurisdictions where any type of incident requiring evacuations might occur. Such plans shall be put into effect by request of the state from which evacuees come and shall include the manner of transporting such evacuees, the number of evacuees to be received in different areas, the manner in which food, clothing, housing and medical care will be provided, the registration of the evacuees, the providing of facilities for the notification of relatives or friends, and the forwarding of such evacuees to other areas or the bringing in of additional materials, supplies and all other relevant factors. Such plans shall provide that the party state receiving evacuees and the party state from which the evacuees come shall mutually agree as to reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred in receiving and caring for such evacuees, for expenditures for transportation, food, clothing, medicines and medical care and like items. Such expenditures shall be reimbursed as agreed by the party state from which the evacuees come. After the termination of the emergency or disaster, the party state from which the evacuees come shall assume the responsibility for the ultimate support of repatriation of such evacuees.

Article XI. Implementation.

A. This compact shall become operative immediately upon its enactment into law by any two states; thereafter, this compact shall become effective as to any other state upon its enactment by such state.

B. Any party state may withdraw from this compact by enacting a statute repealing the same, but no such withdrawal shall take effect until thirty days after the Governor of the withdrawing state has given notice in writing of such withdrawal to the governors of all other party states. Such action shall not relieve the withdrawing state from obligations assumed hereunder prior to the effective date of withdrawal.

C. Duly authenticated copies of this compact and of such supplementary agreements as may be entered into shall, at the time of their approval, be deposited with each of the party states and with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other appropriate agencies of the United States government.

Article XII. Validity.

This compact shall be construed to effectuate the purposes stated in Article I hereof. If any provision of this compact is declared unconstitutional, or the applicability thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the constitutionality of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

Article XIII. Additional Provisions.

Nothing in this compact shall authorize or permit the use of military force by the National Guard of a state at any place outside that state in any emergency for which the President is authorized by law to call into federal service the militia, or for any purpose for which the use of the Army or the Air Force would, in the absence of express statutory authorization, be prohibited under 18 USC 1385.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-25a — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 518a / Section 28-25a
Sec. 28-25a. Responsibilities of telephone companies and municipalities.
Status: in_force

(2) In order to establish the next generation 9-1-1 telecommunication system, every telephone company providing service within the state shall provide selective routing, automatic number identification and automatic location identification, and may provide the latitude and longitude of any telephone or device used to place a 9-1-1 call, in compliance with a time schedule approved by the division.

(b) Each municipality shall, not later than December 31, 1989, establish and operate a public safety answering point which utilizes enhanced 9-1-1 network features.

(c) No provision of section 28-25 , this section and sections 28-25b , 28-26 , 28-27 , 28-27a , 28-28 , 28-28a , 28-28b , 28-29 , 28-29a and 28-29b shall be construed to prohibit or discourage in any manner the formation of multiagency, multijurisdictional or regional public safety answering points. Any public safety answering point established pursuant to said sections may serve the jurisdiction of more than one public agency or a segment of the jurisdiction of a municipality.

Cited. 223 C. 731.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-22d — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 517b / Section 28-22d
Sec. 28-22d. International Emergency Management Assistance Compact.
Status: in_force

ARTICLE I. International Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding: Purpose and Authorities.

The International Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding, hereinafter referred to as the “compact,” is made and entered into by and among such of the jurisdictions as shall enact or adopt this compact, hereinafter referred to as “party jurisdictions.” For the purposes of this agreement, the term “jurisdictions” may include any or all of the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut and the provinces of Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, and such other states and provinces as may hereafter become a party to this compact.

The purpose of this compact is to provide for the possibility of mutual assistance among the jurisdictions entering into this compact in managing any emergency or disaster when the affected jurisdiction or jurisdictions request assistance, whether such emergency or disaster arises from natural disaster, technological hazard, manmade disaster or civil emergency aspects of resources shortages.

This compact also provides for the process of planning mechanisms among the agencies responsible and for mutual cooperation, including, if necessary, emergency-related exercises, testing, or other training activities using equipment and personnel simulating performance of any aspect of the giving and receiving of aid by party jurisdictions or subdivisions of party jurisdictions during emergencies, with such actions occurring outside actual declared emergency periods. Mutual assistance in this compact may include the use of emergency forces by mutual agreement among party jurisdictions.

ARTICLE II. General Implementation.

Each party jurisdiction entering into this compact recognizes many emergencies may exceed the capabilities of a party jurisdiction and that intergovernmental cooperation is essential in such circumstances. Each jurisdiction further recognizes that there will be emergencies that may require immediate access and existing procedures to apply outside resources to make a prompt and effective response to such an emergency because few, if any, individual jurisdictions have all the resources they need in all types of emergencies or the capability of delivering resources to areas where emergencies exist.

The prompt, full, and effective utilization of resources of the participating jurisdictions, including any resources on hand or available from any other source that are essential to the safety, care, and welfare of the people in the event of any emergency or disaster, shall be the underlying principle upon which all articles of this compact are understood.

On behalf of the party jurisdictions participating in the compact, the legally designated official who is assigned responsibility for emergency management is responsible for formulation of the appropriate inter-jurisdictional mutual aid plans and procedures necessary to implement this compact, and for recommendations to the jurisdiction concerned with respect to the amendment of any statutes, regulations, or ordinances required for that purpose.

ARTICLE III. Party Jurisdiction Responsibilities.

(a) Formulate Plans and Programs. It is the responsibility of each party jurisdiction to formulate procedural plans and programs for inter-jurisdictional cooperation in the performance of the responsibilities listed in this section. In formulating and implementing such plans and programs the party jurisdictions, to the extent practical, shall:

(1) Review individual jurisdiction hazards analyses that are available and, to the extent reasonably possible, determine all the potential emergencies the party jurisdictions might jointly suffer, whether due to natural disaster, technological hazard, manmade disaster or emergency aspects of resource shortages;

(2) Initiate a process to review party jurisdictions' individual emergency plans and develop a plan that will determine the mechanism for the inter-jurisdictional cooperation;

(3) Develop inter-jurisdictional procedures to fill any identified gaps and to resolve any identified inconsistencies or overlaps in existing or developed plans;

(4) Assist in warning communities adjacent to or crossing jurisdictional boundaries;

(5) Protect and ensure delivery of services, medicines, water, food, energy and fuel, search and rescue, and critical lifeline equipment, services and resources, both human and material, to the extent authorized by law;

(6) Inventory and agree upon procedures for the inter-jurisdictional loan and delivery of human and material resources, together with procedures for reimbursement or forgiveness; and

(7) Provide, to the extent authorized by law, for temporary suspension of any statutes or ordinances, over which the province or state has jurisdiction, that impede the implementation of the responsibilities described in this subsection.

(b) Request Assistance. The authorized representative of a party jurisdiction may request assistance of another party jurisdiction by contacting the authorized representative of such jurisdiction. These provisions only apply to requests for assistance made by and to authorized representatives. Requests may be verbal or in writing. If verbal, the request shall be confirmed in writing not later than fifteen days after the verbal request. Requests shall provide the following information:

(1) A description of the emergency service function for which assistance is needed and of the mission or missions, including, but not limited to, fire services, emergency medical, transportation, communications, public works and engineering, building inspection, planning and information assistance, mass care, resource support, health and medical services, and search and rescue;

(2) The amount and type of personnel, equipment, materials, and supplies needed and a reasonable estimate of the length of time they will be needed; and

(3) The specific place and time for staging of the assisting party's response and a point of contact at the location.

(c) Consultation Among Party Jurisdiction Officials. There shall be frequent consultation among the party jurisdiction officials who have assigned emergency management responsibilities, such officials collectively to be known as the international emergency management group, and other appropriate representatives of the party jurisdictions with free exchange of information, plans, and resource records relating to emergency capabilities to the extent authorized by law.

ARTICLE IV. Limitation.

Any party jurisdiction requested to render mutual aid or conduct exercises and training for mutual aid shall undertake to respond as soon as possible, except that it is understood that the jurisdiction rendering aid may withhold or recall resources to the extent necessary to provide reasonable protection for such jurisdiction. Each party jurisdiction shall afford to the personnel of the emergency forces of any party jurisdiction, while operating within its jurisdictional limits under the terms and conditions of this compact and under the operational control of an officer of the requesting party, the same powers, duties, rights, privileges, and immunities as are afforded similar or like forces of the jurisdiction in which they are performing emergency services. Emergency forces shall continue under the command and control of their regular leaders, but the organizational units shall come under the operational control of the emergency services authorities of the jurisdiction receiving assistance. These conditions may be activated, as needed, by the jurisdiction that is to receive assistance or upon commencement of exercises or training for mutual aid and continue as long as the exercises or training for mutual aid are in progress, the emergency or disaster remains in effect or loaned resources remain in the receiving jurisdiction or jurisdictions, whichever is longer. The receiving jurisdiction is responsible for informing the assisting jurisdictions of the specific moment when services will no longer be required.

ARTICLE V. Licenses and Permits.

Whenever a person holds a license, certificate, or other permit issued by any party jurisdiction evidencing the meeting of qualifications for professional, mechanical, or other skills, and when such assistance is requested by a party jurisdiction, such person is deemed to be licensed, certified, or permitted by the jurisdiction requesting assistance to render aid involving such skill to meet an emergency or disaster, subject to such limitations and conditions as the requesting jurisdiction prescribes by executive order or otherwise.

ARTICLE VI. Liability.

Any person or entity of a party jurisdiction rendering aid in another jurisdiction pursuant to this compact shall be considered an agent of the requesting jurisdiction for tort liability and immunity purposes. Any person or entity rendering aid in another jurisdiction pursuant to this compact shall not be liable on account of any act or omission in good faith on the part of such person or entity while so engaged or on account of the maintenance or use of any equipment or supplies in connection therewith. “Good faith” in this article shall not include wilful misconduct, gross negligence, or recklessness.

ARTICLE VII. Supplementary Agreements.

Because it is probable that the pattern and detail of the machinery for mutual aid among two or more jurisdictions may differ from that among the jurisdictions that are party to this compact, this compact contains elements of a broad base common to all jurisdictions, and nothing in this compact precludes any jurisdiction from entering into supplementary agreements with another jurisdiction or affects any other agreements already in force among jurisdictions. Supplementary agreements may include, but are not limited to, provisions for evacuation and reception of injured and other persons and the exchange of medical, fire, public utility, reconnaissance, welfare, transportation and communications personnel, equipment, and supplies.

ARTICLE VIII. Workers' Compensation and Death Benefits.

Each party jurisdiction shall provide, in accordance with its own laws, for the payment of workers' compensation and death benefits to injured members of the emergency forces of such jurisdiction and to representatives of deceased members of such forces if the members sustain injuries or are killed while rendering aid pursuant to this compact, in the same manner and on the same terms as if the injury or death were sustained within their own jurisdiction.

ARTICLE IX. Reimbursement.

Any party jurisdiction rendering aid in another jurisdiction pursuant to this compact shall, if requested, be reimbursed by the party jurisdiction receiving such aid for any loss or damage to, or expense incurred in, the operation of any equipment and the provision of any service in answering a request for aid and for the costs incurred in connection with such requests. An aiding party jurisdiction may assume in whole or in part any such loss, damage, expense, or other cost or may loan such equipment or donate such services to the receiving party jurisdiction without charge or cost. Any two or more party jurisdictions may enter into supplementary agreements establishing a different allocation of costs among such jurisdictions. Expenses under Article VIII are not reimbursable under this section.

ARTICLE X. Evacuation.

Each party jurisdiction shall initiate a process to prepare and maintain plans to facilitate the movement of and reception of evacuees into its territory or across its territory, according to its capabilities and powers. The party jurisdiction from which the evacuees came shall assume the ultimate responsibility for the support of the evacuees, and after the termination of the emergency or disaster, for the repatriation of such evacuees.

ARTICLE XI. Implementation.

(a) This compact is effective upon its execution or adoption by any two jurisdictions, and is effective as to any other jurisdiction upon its execution or adoption thereby, subject to approval or authorization by the United States Congress, if required, and subject to enactment of provincial or state legislation that may be required for the effectiveness of the Memorandum of Understanding.

(b) Any party jurisdiction may withdraw from this compact, but the withdrawal shall not take effect until thirty days after the governor or premier of the withdrawing jurisdiction has given notice in writing of such withdrawal to the governors or premiers of all other party jurisdictions. The action shall not relieve the withdrawing jurisdiction from obligations assumed under this compact prior to the effective date of withdrawal.

(c) Duly authenticated copies of this compact in the French and English languages and of such supplementary agreements as may be entered into shall, at the time of their approval, be deposited with each of the party jurisdictions.

ARTICLE XII. Severability.

This compact is construed to effectuate the purposes stated in Article I. If any provision of this compact is declared unconstitutional or the applicability of the compact to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability of the compact to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected.

ARTICLE XIII. Consistency of Language.

The validity of the arrangements and agreements consented to in this compact shall not be affected by any insubstantial difference in form or language as may be adopted by the various states and provinces.

ARTICLE XIV. Amendment.

This compact may be amended by agreement of the party jurisdictions.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-27a — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 518a / Section 28-27a
Sec. 28-27a. Municipalities and public safety answering points to submit 9-1-1 service utilization plan.
Status: in_force

(b) On or before January 1, 2017, and annually thereafter, each public safety answering point shall certify to the division, in such manner and form as prescribed by the division, that the information contained in the 9-1-1 service utilization plan is accurate.

(c) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in consultation with the commission, shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 concerning the content of a 9-1-1 service utilization plan.

Cited. 223 C. 731.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-8b — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 517 / Section 28-8b
Sec. 28-8b. Use of nerve agent antidote medications.
Status: in_force

(b) The state of Connecticut shall save harmless and indemnify any sponsor hospital or the medical director or designated staff of a sponsor hospital certified by the Department of Public Health to oversee the training, distribution or quality assurance of nerve agent antidote kits for purposes of subsection (a) of this section, from financial loss and expense, including legal fees and costs, if any, arising out of any claim, demand, suit or judgment by reason of alleged negligence or other act resulting in personal injury, which acts are not wanton, reckless or malicious, provided such person at the time of the acts resulting in such injury was acting in the discharge of such person's duties in providing such training, distribution or quality assurance of nerve agent antidote kits.

(c) For purposes of this section, “sponsor hospital” means a hospital that has agreed to maintain staff for the provision of medical oversight, supervision and direction to an emergency medical service organization and its personnel and that has been approved for such activity by the Office of Emergency Medical Services.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-11 — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 517 / Section 28-11
Sec. 28-11. Taking of property during emergency.
Status: in_force

(b) He may use and employ all property of which possession is taken, for such times and in such manner as he deems for the best interests of the state or its inhabitants, and may, in particular, when in his opinion the public exigency so requires, lease, sell or, when conditions warrant, distribute gratuitously to or among any or all of the persons within the state anything taken under this section.

(c) If real estate is seized under this section, a declaration of the property seized, containing a full and complete description, shall within a reasonable time be filed with the Secretary of the State and with the town clerk of the town in which the property is located, and a copy of the declaration shall be furnished the owner. If personal property is seized under this section, the civil preparedness authorities by whom it is seized shall maintain a docket containing a permanent record of such personal property and its condition when seized, and shall furnish a true copy of the docket recording to the owner of the seized property.

(d) The owner of any property taken under this section shall receive just compensation therefor as follows: (1) If property is taken for temporary use, the Governor shall, as soon as possible after the taking, fix the amount of compensation to be paid therefor. If such property is returned to the owner in a damaged condition or is not returned to the owner, the Governor shall fix forthwith the amount of compensation to be paid for such damages or failure to return. Whenever the Governor deems it advisable for the state to become the owner of property taken under this section, he shall forthwith cause the owner of the property to be notified in writing by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, and shall file a copy of the notice with the Secretary of the State. (2) If the owner of property taken under this section refuses to accept the amount of compensation fixed in accordance with subdivision (1) of this subsection, he may prefer a petition to the superior court for the judicial district in which the property was taken or to a judge of said court if the court is not in session, praying that just compensation may be determined, which petition shall be accompanied by a summons signed by competent authority, to serve as process in civil actions before said court, notifying the Governor and all persons interested in such property to appear before the court or judge. The court or judge shall refer the determination of the amount of damages to a state referee as provided in section 48-10 . The state referee, after giving reasonable notice to the parties, shall, if possible, view the property in question, hear the evidence, ascertain the value, assess just damages to the owner or parties interested in the property taken and report his doings to the court or judge. The court or judge may accept the report or may reject it for irregular or improper conduct by the state referee in the course of his duties. If the report is rejected, the court or judge shall appoint another state referee, who shall proceed in the same manner as the first referee was required to proceed. If the report is accepted, such acceptance shall have the effect of a judgment in favor of the owner of the property against the state for the amount of the assessment made by the referee, and, except as otherwise provided by law, execution may issue therefor. The court or judge shall make any order necessary to protect the rights of all parties interested, but in no event shall the Governor be prevented from taking immediate possession and use of the property in question. The expenses and costs of such hearings shall be taxed against the petitioner except in cases where the assessment of damages made by the referee is larger than the amount fixed by the Governor under subdivision (1) of this subsection, in which case they shall be taxed against the state, audited and allowed by the Comptroller and paid by the state upon his order.

(e) Whenever the Governor determines that any real property acquired and retained under the provisions of this chapter is no longer needed for the preparedness of the state or for purposes under this chapter, he shall so notify the original owner of such property and, upon the request of such owner and upon payment of the fair value thereof, the Governor shall return such property to such owner. If the Governor and the original owner do not agree as to the fair value of the property, such value shall be determined by three appraisers, one of whom shall be chosen by the Governor, one by the original owner and the third by the first two appraisers. The expenses of such determination shall be paid in equal shares by the state and the original owner.

(f) Whenever the need for any personal property requisitioned under this chapter for the preparedness of the state terminates, the Governor may dispose of such property on such terms and conditions as he deems appropriate, but to the extent feasible and practicable he shall give the former owner of such property an opportunity to reacquire it (1) at its then fair value as determined by the Governor or (2) if it is to be disposed of at less than such value, otherwise than at a public sale of which such owner is given notice, at the highest price any other person is willing to pay therefor; provided the provisions of this subsection shall not apply in the case of fungibles or items having a fair value of less than one thousand dollars.

See Sec. 28-9 re Governor's powers during civil preparedness emergency.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-13 — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 517 / Section 28-13
Sec. 28-13. Immunity from liability. Penalty for denial of access to property during civil preparedness emergency.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person, corporation, partnership or association who denies access to property owned or under the control of such entity to any person acting in accordance with this chapter during a civil preparedness emergency shall be fined not less than fifty dollars or more than five hundred dollars.

Section extends state's sovereign immunity, including both immunity from suit and liability, to political subdivisions and such immunity applies to activities discussed therein, including measures to be taken in preparation for, during, and following a major disaster or emergency. 333 C. 30.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-32 — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 518c / Section 28-32
Sec. 28-32. Pharmaceutical preparedness: Definitions. Transfer or distribution of drugs, controlled substances or medical devices during emergency.
Status: in_force

(1) (A) “Drugs” means (i) substances recognized as drugs in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States or official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of said publications, (ii) substances intended for use in curing, diagnosing, mitigating, preventing or treating disease in humans or other animals, (iii) substances, other than food, intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or other animals, and (iv) substances intended for use as a component of any article specified in subparagraph (A)(i), (A)(ii) or (A)(iii) of this subdivision.

(B) “Drugs” does not include devices or their components, parts or accessories.

(2) (A) “Controlled drugs” means those drugs which contain any quantity of a substance which has been designated as subject to the federal Controlled Substances Act, or which has been designated as a depressant or stimulant drug pursuant to federal food and drug laws, or which has been designated by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection pursuant to section 21a-243 as having a stimulant, depressant or hallucinogenic effect upon the higher functions of the central nervous system and as having a tendency to promote abuse or psychological or physiological dependence, or both. Such controlled drugs are classifiable as amphetamine-type, barbiturate-type, cannabis-type, cocaine-type, hallucinogenic, morphine-type and other stimulant and depressant drugs.

(B) “Controlled drugs” does not include alcohol, nicotine or caffeine.

(3) (A) “Controlled substance” means a drug, substance or immediate precursor in schedules I to V, inclusive, of the Connecticut controlled substance scheduling regulations adopted pursuant to section 21a-243 .

(B) “Controlled substance” does not include alcohol, nicotine or caffeine.

(4) “Medical devices” means apparatuses, contrivances and instruments, including their accessories, components and parts, intended (A) for use in curing, diagnosing, mitigating, preventing or treating disease in humans or other animals, or (B) to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or other animals.

(b) Upon declaration of an emergency by the Governor or the Governor's authorized representative having authority to declare emergencies, a hospital pharmacy, pharmacy or registrant authorized by state or federal law to be in possession of controlled substances may, in accordance with applicable federal regulations, policies and guidelines and with prior approval of the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, transfer or distribute drugs, controlled drugs or medical devices to a licensed pharmacy, a registrant authorized by state or federal law to be in possession of controlled substances, or a location authorized by the commissioner. Such registrant shall record the transfer accurately and in compliance with all state and federal statutes and regulations and shall report the transfer, in writing, to the commissioner.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-1k — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 517 / Section 28-1k
Sec. 28-1k. Designation of security zone re liquefied natural gas terminal: Recommendations; approval; notice; hearing; vote; notification.
Status: in_force

(b) The Governor and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment and public safety shall approve the designation of a security zone in relation to a liquefied natural gas terminal located or proposed to be located on Long Island Sound that will impact Connecticut waters or land prior to such designation by the federal government taking effect.

(c) The Attorney General shall file, in writing, notice of the federal government's designation of such a security zone with the clerks of the House of Representatives and the Senate and the office of the Governor.

(d) Not later than five days after receiving such notice, the clerks of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall refer the notice to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety and the environment. The committees shall hold a joint public hearing regarding such notice not later than thirty days after receiving the notice. Not later than five days after the hearing, the committees shall each (1) hold a roll-call vote to approve or reject the notice, and (2) forward the notice and a record of the committee's vote to the General Assembly.

(e) Not later than fifteen days after receiving such notice the General Assembly may approve or reject the notice. The notice shall be approved in whole, by a majority vote of each house. If one house fails to approve, the notice shall be rejected. If the General Assembly fails to vote during such fifteen-day period, the notice shall be deemed rejected. If the notice is submitted when the General Assembly is not in session, the notice shall be deemed rejected if the General Assembly fails to convene to consider the notice by the thirtieth day after it receives the notice from the committee. The clerks of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall notify the federal government, in writing, by registered mail of any approval or rejection pursuant to this subsection.

(f) The Governor shall approve or reject the notice of the federal government's designation of such a security zone, and shall notify the federal government, in writing, by registered mail of such approval or rejection.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-30f — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 518a / Section 28-30f
Sec. 28-30f. Seller to remit prepaid wireless E 9-1-1 fee to Department of Revenue Services. Procedures.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 219, a seller who collects a prepaid wireless E 9-1-1 fee may retain one per cent of such fee.

(c) The audit and appeal procedures applicable under chapter 219 shall apply to each prepaid wireless E 9-1-1 fee.

(d) The department shall establish procedures by which a seller may document that a sale is not a retail transaction, which procedures shall substantially coincide with the procedures for documenting sale for resale transactions pursuant to section 12-410 .

(e) The department shall, not later than thirty days after receiving any prepaid wireless E 9-1-1 fee, transfer such fee to the office of the State Treasurer for deposit into the Enhanced 9-1-1 Telecommunications Fund, established pursuant to section 28-30a . Any revenue from the prepaid wireless E 9-1-1 fee shall be subject to any restrictions provided by section 28-30a . The department may make a one-time deduction of not more than one hundred twenty thousand dollars from such fund and may use such amount to reimburse its direct costs of administering the collection and remittance of prepaid wireless E 9-1-1 fees.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-30b — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 518a / Section 28-30b
Sec. 28-30b. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Consumer” means a person who purchases prepaid wireless telecommunications service in a retail transaction.

(2) “Marketplace facilitator” has the same meaning as provided in section 12-408e .

(3) “Prepaid wireless E 9-1-1 fee” means the fee that a seller collects from a consumer in an amount established by section 28-30e .

(4) “Prepaid wireless telecommunications service” means a wireless telephone service that a consumer pays for in advance, that allows the consumer to access the E 9-1-1 system by dialing or otherwise accessing the digits “9-1-1”, and that is sold in predetermined units or dollars and such units or dollars decline with use.

(5) “Provider” means any person who provides prepaid wireless telecommunications service pursuant to a license issued by the Federal Communications Commission.

(6) “Retail transaction” means a purchase of prepaid wireless telecommunications service from a seller for any purpose other than resale.

(7) “Seller” means a person who sells prepaid wireless telecommunications service to a consumer. “Seller” includes a marketplace facilitator that facilitates the sale of prepaid wireless telecommunications service to a consumer.

(8) “Voice over Internet protocol service” or “VOIP” means a service that has the following characteristics: (A) Enables real-time, two-way voice communication; (B) requires a broadband connection from the users' locations; (C) requires IP-compatible customer premises equipment; and (D) allows subscribers generally to receive calls that originate on the public switched telephone network and to terminate calls on the public switched telephone.

(9) “Voice over Internet protocol service provider” or “VOIP service provider” means a company that provides VOIP telephone service.

(10) “Wireless telecommunications service” means commercial mobile radio service, as defined in 47 CFR Section 20.3, as from time to time amended.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-1a — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 517 / Section 28-1a
Sec. 28-1a. Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security. Powers and duties of commissioner. Regulations. Memorandum of understanding.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner shall be responsible for: (1) Coordinating with state and local government personnel, agencies and authorities and the private sector to ensure adequate planning, equipment, training and exercise activities by such personnel, agencies and authorities and the private sector with regard to homeland security; (2) coordinating, and as may be necessary, consolidating homeland security communications and communications systems of the state government with state and local government personnel, agencies and authorities, the general public and the private sector; (3) distributing and, as may be appropriate, coordinating the distribution of information and security warnings to state and local government personnel, agencies and authorities and the general public; and (4) establishing standards and security protocols for the use of any intelligence information.

(c) The commissioner may adopt such regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, as necessary to implement the duties of the department.

(d) The commissioner shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Military Department to provide for (1) the temporary assignment of employees of the Military Department to work in the department, and (2) interagency information sharing. Any such personnel temporarily assigned shall act under the direction of the commissioner. The Military Department shall retain administrative control over such personnel.

(e) The commissioner may request and may receive from any federal, state or local agency, cooperation and assistance in the performance of the duties of the department, including the temporary assignment of personnel necessary to perform the functions of the department. Any such personnel temporarily assigned shall act under the direction of the commissioner. The federal, state or local agency shall retain administrative control over such personnel. For purposes of section 5-141d , such personnel temporarily assigned shall be deemed to be acting as state employees while assigned to, and performing the duties of, the department.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-9d — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 517 / Section 28-9d
Sec. 28-9d. Federal assistance for individual or family disaster-related expenses.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, the Governor is authorized to make financial grants to meet major disaster-related necessary expenses or serious needs of individuals or families adversely affected by a disaster that cannot otherwise adequately be met from other means of assistance, that shall not exceed in the aggregate the maximum payment established by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to an individual or family in any single disaster declared by the President.

(c) The Governor shall make such regulations as are necessary for carrying out the purposes of this section, including, but not limited to, standards of eligibility for persons applying for benefits; procedures for application and administration; methods of investigation, filing and approving applications; and formation of local or state-wide boards to pass upon applications and procedures for appeals.

(d) Any person who fraudulently or wilfully makes a misstatement of fact in connection with an application for financial assistance under this section shall, upon conviction of each offense, be subject to a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-31 — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 518b / Section 28-31
Sec. 28-31. Nuclear safety emergency preparedness: Account; program; plan.
Status: in_force

(b) Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in conjunction with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, only to support the activities of a nuclear safety emergency preparedness program and only in accordance with the plan approved by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management under subsection (c) of this section. The program shall include, but not necessarily be limited to: (1) Development of a detailed fixed facility nuclear emergency response plan for areas surrounding each nuclear electrical generation facility and each away-from-reactor spent fuel storage facility, (2) annual training of state and local emergency response personnel, (3) development of accident scenarios and exercising of fixed facility nuclear emergency response plans, (4) provision of specialized response equipment necessary to accomplish this task, (5) support for the operations and personal services costs of the radiological instrument maintenance and calibration facility, as necessary to replace any reduction in current federal funding, and (6) any other measures as may be required by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security. Moneys in the account shall be distributed as follows to carry out the purposes of the program: The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may expend not more than twenty-five per cent of the proceeds of the maximum annual assessment for administrative functions incident to the program. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may expend such additional funds as are necessary to assure and maintain emergency operations center capabilities and specialized response equipment necessary to implement the fixed facility nuclear emergency response plans. The remaining moneys in the account may be allocated to other state agencies and used to reimburse municipalities for costs incurred in the purchase and maintenance of equipment and for services rendered in carrying out the purposes of the program.

(c) Not later than May first, annually, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in consultation with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, shall submit to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management a plan for carrying out the purposes of the nuclear safety emergency preparedness program during the next state fiscal year. The plan shall include proposed itemized expenditures and measures for the program. The secretary shall review the plan and, not later than June first, annually, approve the plan if it conforms to the provisions of this section.

(d) All moneys within the nuclear safety emergency preparedness account may be expended only in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may allow an additional assessment of the licensees to supplement the initial assessment of such licensees if either the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security disapproves or informs, in writing, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection that it is likely to disapprove the nuclear safety emergency preparedness plan and additional funds are or would be needed to conform the plan to acceptable standards.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-28a — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 518a / Section 28-28a
Sec. 28-28a. Provision of subscriber information: Permitted purposes; confidentiality; agreement. Immunity from liability.
Status: in_force

(b) Each month, the provider of the enhanced 9-1-1 service database shall provide to the Division of State-Wide Emergency Telecommunications an electronic copy of the current subscriber information maintained in the enhanced 9-1-1 service database. The division shall make such subscriber information available to the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection and to each public safety answering point pursuant to a memorandum of understanding consistent with the provisions of this section. Each public safety answering point that has entered into such a memorandum of understanding shall make such subscriber information available to one or more of the municipalities within the public safety answering point's jurisdiction at such a municipality's request.

(c) On or before October 1, 2009, the enhanced 9-1-1 service database provider and the Division of State-Wide Emergency Telecommunications shall enter into an agreement regarding the provision of the enhanced 9-1-1 service database information in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, including, but not limited to, payment for the costs incurred by the provider of the enhanced 9-1-1 service database in connection with the compilation of the enhanced 9-1-1 service database information.

(d) No telephone company, certified telecommunications provider, provider of wireless telecommunications service, as defined in section 28-30b , pursuant to a license issued by the Federal Communications Commission, provider of prepaid wireless telecommunications service, voice over Internet protocol service provider or the officers, directors, employees, vendors or agents of any such company or provider shall be liable to any person or entity for release of the information specified in this section or for any failure of equipment or procedure in connection with the enhanced 9-1-1 service, an emergency notification system, or the next generation 9-1-1 telecommunication system established under sections 28-25 to 28-29b , inclusive.

Cited. 223 C. 731.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-8 — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 517 / Section 28-8
Sec. 28-8. Outside aid by local police, fire or other preparedness forces.
Status: in_force

(b) The officers and members of police, fire fighting or other civil preparedness forces rendering outside aid pursuant to this section shall have the same powers, duties, rights, privileges and immunities as if they were performing their duties in their home town or city.

(c) The state shall reimburse any town or city rendering aid under this section for the compensation paid and actual and necessary travel, subsistence and maintenance expenses of employees of such town or city while rendering such aid, and for all payments for death, disability or injury of such employees in the course of rendering such aid and for all losses of or damage to supplies or equipment of such town or city incurred in the course of rendering such aid.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-28 — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 518a / Section 28-28
Sec. 28-28. Emergency service requests from outside of jurisdiction. Advertisement of emergency telephone numbers other than 9-1-1 prohibited.
Status: in_force

(b) Municipalities may enter into written cooperative agreements to carry out the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.

(c) No public safety agency shall advertise or otherwise promote the use of any telephone number for emergency response services other than “9-1-1”, except when enhanced 9-1-1 service or the next generation 9-1-1 telecommunication system is not in operation.

Cited. 223 C. 731.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-17a — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 517 / Section 28-17a
Sec. 28-17a. Employment protection for civil air patrol members.
Status: in_force

(1) “Civil air patrol” means the civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force, as described in section 15-98 ;

(2) “Employee” means an individual who receives wages or remuneration for providing services to an employer; and

(3) “Employer” means a person that provides wages or remuneration to one or more individuals who perform services for the employer under an express or implied contract of hire, including the state and any political subdivision of the state.

(b) Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, an employer shall not discriminate against, discipline, or discharge an employee because: (1) The employee is a member of the civil air patrol; or (2) the employee is absent from work for the purpose of (A) responding as a member of the civil air patrol to an emergency declared by the Governor of this state or the President of the United States, (B) responding as a member of the civil air patrol to a request for assistance in an emergency, natural disaster or life-threatening event at the request of the United States Air Force or Coast Guard, the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the state police or a local police department in this state, or (C) participating as a member of the civil air patrol in required emergency services training programs and exercises.

(c) In the case where the employee is absent from work for a purpose set forth in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section, such employee shall (1) give his or her employer as much notice as possible of the dates such employee will be absent for any purpose set forth in subparagraph (A), (B) or (C) of subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section, and (2) provide his or her employer with written verification from the civil air patrol of the purpose of the employee's absence, as set forth in subparagraph (A), (B) or (C) of subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section.

(d) Nothing in subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of this section shall be construed to prohibit an employer from (1) treating the time the employee is absent because of civil air patrol service for any purpose set forth in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section as unpaid time off, or (2) complying with a collective bargaining agreement or employee benefit plan entered into before October 1, 2019.

(e) An employee who is a member of the civil air patrol and is trained and qualified to provide emergency services shall notify his or her employer (1) by October 31, 2019, (2) by such employee's date of employment with the employer, or (3) by the date on which such employee joins the civil air patrol, whichever is latest, that such employee may be called to participate in training or to serve in an emergency, natural disaster or life-threatening event.

(f) Any employee aggrieved by a violation of subsection (b) of this section may bring an action in the Superior Court to recover damages and equitable relief.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-32a — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 518c / Section 28-32a
Sec. 28-32a. Pharmaceutical preparedness: Inventory report. Confidentiality of information. Regulations. Penalties.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall establish a list of strategic prescription drugs for which reporting is required pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. The list shall include, but not be limited to, selected vaccines and antibiotic products. The list shall be based on priorities established by the commissioner after consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health. The list shall be based upon anticipated medication requirements for public health preparedness, pharmacological-terrorism prevention or response, and medication and economic integrity and shall be issued biannually, indicating any additions, substitutions or deletions that have been made to such list since it was last issued.

(2) An inventory report made pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall include, but not be limited to, (A) the name, address, town and state of the wholesaler and manufacturer, (B) the name of the prescription drug, (C) the quantity of the drug on hand, including the size of each container and number of containers, and (D) the date of the report. Such information shall be reported at such time and in a manner prescribed by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection.

(c) Information provided by licensed wholesalers pursuant to this section shall not be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200 , and shall be available only to the Department of Consumer Protection, the Department of Public Health, the Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection and such other agencies or entities as the Commissioner of Consumer Protection determines, after request by such agency or entity and demonstration of a need for the information for purposes of public health preparedness, pharmacological-terrorism prevention or response, medication integrity or such other purpose deemed appropriate by the commissioner.

(d) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, with the advice and assistance of the Commission of Pharmacy, may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to carry out the provisions of this section.

(e) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-30e — Connecticut Code / Title 28 / Chapter 518a / Section 28-30e
Sec. 28-30e. Assessment and collection of prepaid wireless E 9-1-1 fee.
Status: in_force

(b) Any seller who is a party to a retail transaction within this state with a consumer shall collect the fee described in subsection (a) of this section from such consumer for each such retail transaction. The seller shall disclose to the consumer the amount of such assessed fee in an invoice, a receipt, or other similar document, or post such amount conspicuously on the seller's Internet web site or on a sign conspicuously displayed to the consumer at the point of sale.

(c) For the purposes of subsection (b) of this section, a retail transaction made in the presence of the consumer at the place of business of the seller shall be treated as occurring within this state if such place of business is within the state, and any other retail transaction shall be treated as occurring in this state if the retail transaction is treated as occurring in this state under subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 12-407 for the purposes of the sales and use tax.

(d) The consumer shall be liable for any prepaid wireless E 9-1-1 fee. There shall be no liability on the part of the seller or provider, except the seller shall be liable to remit any prepaid wireless E 9-1-1 fees that the seller collects from any consumer, pursuant to section 28-30f , including, but not limited to, any such fee that the seller is required to collect but does not separately state on an invoice, receipt or other similar document provided to the consumer, as required by subsection (b) of this section.

(e) The amount of the prepaid wireless E 9-1-1 fee that a seller collects from a consumer shall not be included in the base for measuring any tax, fee, surcharge or other charge that the state, any political subdivision of the state, or any intergovernmental agency imposes on such seller, provided the seller separately stated such amount on an invoice, receipt, or other similar document provided to the consumer.