HB 1258-S - DIGEST
(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

Establishes the Travis alert act.

Requires the department of health, in collaboration with certain entities to: (1) Review existing local training programs and training programs being used in other states; and

(2) Design a statewide training program to familiarize fire department and emergency medical service personnel with techniques, procedures, and protocols for best handling situations in which persons with disabilities are present at the scene of an emergency.

Requires the criminal justice training commission, in consultation with the Washington state patrol and other stakeholders, to examine existing training programs and curricula related to law enforcement officers responding to an emergency where a person with a disability may be present.

Requires the adjutant general, through the state enhanced 911 coordinator and in collaboration with certain entities to assess the resources, capabilities, techniques, protocols, and procedures available or required to include, as part of enhanced 911 emergency services, the ability to allow an immediate display on the screen indicating that a person with a disability may be present at the scene of an emergency and additional information on the person with a disability that would assist the first responder.