Resolve, To Ensure Proper Handling by the E-9-1-1 System of Calls Made by Persons Who Are Deaf, Hard-of-hearing or Speech-impaired Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and inserting in its place the following: . Sec. 1. Development of adequate systems and testing. Resolved: That the Public Utilities Commission, Emergency Services Communication Bureau shall convene a stakeholders group, including representatives of dispatch centers that handle E-9-l-l calls and the Maine Center on Deafness, to examine how to ensure that the E-9-1-1 system adequately handles calls made by persons who are deaf, hard-of-hearing or speech-impaired. The stakeholder group shall examine training needs and procedures, system standards and testing procedures as well as any other matters necessary to ensure that the E-9-1-l system adequately handles calls made by persons who are deaf, hard-of-hearing or speech-impaired; and be it further Sec. 2. Report. Resolved: Commission, Emergency Services That the Communication Public Bureau Utilities shall, no Page l-LR0898(Z) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
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Committee Amendment CA_A_S228 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A. to s. P. 594, L. D. 1612, Bill, "An 
Act To Mandate E-9-l-l TOO Testing and Training" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
• Resolve, To Ensure Proper Handling by the E-9-1-1 System of 
Calls 
Made 
by 
Persons 
Who 
Are 
Deaf, 
Hard-of-hearing 
or 
Speech-impaired' 
Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the 
title and before the summary and inserting in its place the 
following: 
. Sec. 1. Development of adequate systems and testing. Resolved: 
That 
the 
Public 
Utilities 
Commission, 
Emergency 
Services 
Communication 
Bureau 
shall 
convene 
a 
stakeholders 
group, 
including representatives of dispatch centers that handle E-9-l-l 
calls and the Maine Center on Deafness, to examine how to ensure 
that the E-9-1-1 system adequately handles calls made by persons 
who 
are 
deaf, 
hard-of-hearing 
or 
speech-impaired. 
The 
stakeholder group shall examine training needs and procedures, 
system standards and testing procedures as well as any other 
matters necessary to ensure that the E-9-1-l system adequately 
handles calls made by persons who are deaf, hard-of-hearing or 
speech-impaired; and be it further 
Sec. 
2. 
Report. 
Resolved: 
Commission, 
Emergency Services 
That 
the 
Communication 
Public 
Bureau 
Utilities 
shall, 
no 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT A 
. to S.P. 594, L.D. 1612 
later than 
January 15, 
2006, 
report to the Joint Standing 
Committee on Utilities and Energy the results of the stakeholder 
process established under section 1 and any recommendations for 
further actions. 
The report must include legislation necessary 
to implement recommendations of the bureau; and be it further 
Sec. 3. Authority to report legislation. Resolved: 
That the Joint 
Standing 
Committee 
on Utilities 
and 
Energy 
may 
report 
out 
legislation relating to the subject matter of this resolve to the 
SUMMARY 
This 
amendment 
changes 
the bill 
into 
a 
resolve. 
The 
amendment 
directs 
the 
Public Utilities 
Commission, 
Emergency 
Services Communication Bureau to convene a stakeholders group, 
including representatives of dispatch centers that handle E-9-l-1 
calls and the Maine Center on Deafness, to examine how to ensure 
that the E-9-1-1 system adequately handles calls made by persons 
who are deaf, hard-of-hearing or speech-impaired. 
The Emergency 
Services Communication Bureau is required, no later than January 
15, 2006, to report to the Joint Standing Committee on Utilities 
and Energy the results of the stakeholder process. 
The Joint 
Standing Committee 
on Utilities and Energy is authorized to 
report out legislation relating to the subject matter of this 
resolve to the Second Regular Session of the l22nd Legislature. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
• 
Approved: 05/18/05 -*"'ae 
LD 1612 
LR 0898(02) 
An Act To Mandate E·9·1·1 TDD Testing and Training 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment A 
Committee: Utilities and Energy 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
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