Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 28 - Civil Preparedness and Emergency Services › 24 - Enhanced 9-1-1 Telecommunications Fund Regulations › Section 28-24-1a - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in sections 28-24-1a to 28-24-12a, inclusive, of the
				Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) "Capital expenditure" means any single
			 non-recurring acquisition in excess of ten thousand dollars in a single budget
			 cycle for durable goods, information technology, or related services.
(2) "Division" means the Division of
			 Statewide Emergency Telecommunications within the Department of Emergency
			 Services and Public Protection.
(3)
			 "Emergency medical dispatch" has the same meaning as provided in section 28-25
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(4) "Enhanced 9-1-1 Telecommunications Fund"
			 means the fund described in section 28-30a of the Connecticut General
			 Statutes.
(5) "Funded entity" means
			 a PSAP serving a single town, city, consolidated town and city or consolidated
			 town and borough with a population of forty thousand or more that receives an
			 annual subsidy from the Enhanced 9-1-1 telecommunications fund.
(6) "Multi-town public safety answering
			 point" or "multi-town PSAP" means an entity authorized by the Division as the
			 public safety answering point responsible for the receipt and processing of
			 9-1-1 calls for two towns, cities, consolidated towns and cities or
			 consolidated boroughs and towns that is not eligible to be a regional PSAP An
			 unconsolidated borough plus a town or city does not constitute a multi-town
			 PSAP
(7) "Next generation 9-1-1"
			 means a 9-1-1 internet protocol-based system with inherent capabilities beyond
			 enhanced 9-1-1 system functions, such as the basic ability to support non-voice
			 multimedia, including text, images and video.
(8) "Private safety answering point" has the
			 same meaning as provided in section 28-25 of the Connecticut General
			 Statutes.
(9) "Public safety
			 agency" has the same meaning as provided in section 28-25 of the Connecticut
			 General Statutes.
(10) "Public
			 safety answering point" or "PSAP" has the same meaning as provided in section
			 28-25 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(11) "Public safety answering point terminal
			 equipment" or "PSAP terminal equipment" means hardware and software installed
			 at a PSAP which allows personnel to receive emergency calls from the public
			 delivered through the next generation 9-1-1 system.
(12) "Regional emergency telecommunications
			 center" or "regional PSAP" means an entity authorized by the Division as the
			 public safety answering point responsible for the receipt and processing of
			 9-1-1 calls for no fewer than three towns, cities, consolidated towns and
			 cities or consolidated towns and boroughs. Two towns or cities plus an
			 unconsolidated borough do not constitute a regional PSAP.
(13) "Secondary answering point" means a
			 facility that receives emergency 9-1-1 calls transferred to it by a public
			 safety answering point, private safety answering point or other entity for the
			 purpose of the dispatch of municipal emergency response agencies or for the
			 provision of mandatory services including, but not limited to, emergency
			 medical dispatch services as required in section 28-25b(g) of the Connecticut
			 General Statutes..
(14)
			 "Stand-alone multi-town PSAP" means a multi-town PSAP authorized by the
			 Division as the public safety answering point responsible for the receipt and
			 processing of 9-1-1 calls, organized as an independent entity that is not a
			 part of any municipality, but has the responsibility to receive and process
			 9-1-1 calls for two towns, cities, consolidated towns and cities or
			 consolidated boroughs and towns and is not eligible to be a regional
			 PSAP