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Sponsors urge voluntary statewide database for people with disabilities to aid first responders in House Bill 144 testimony
Summary
House Bill 144 would create a voluntary statewide registry to provide first responders with advance information about people with disabilities; sponsors said the database would be managed by DPS, use existing personnel and be made available to 911 dispatch and responders.
Representatives sponsoring House Bill 144 told the Senate Local Government, Public Safety and Veterans Affairs Committee the bill would create a voluntary statewide communication and disability database to help first responders identify residents with disabilities and tailor their response.
Representative Klick described meeting a constituent known as Keith who has special needs and said local departments use patchwork county registries. Klick said the bill would let the…
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