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House backs UCAN bill, shifts 7¢ phone surcharge and funds Poison Control through U. of Utah
Summary
The House passed first substitute HB 155 to reconstitute emergency-communications governance (UCAN/Utah Communications Authority), redirect the 7¢ monthly telephone surcharge from Poison Control to 911 funding, and provide a $2.1 million appropriation to the University of Utah for poison control operations; the bill passed 61–10.
Representative Dee, sponsor of first substitute House Bill 1 55, described the bill as the product of 18 months of work to coordinate emergency-communications and 911 services statewide. "This bill... gives a vehicle for coordinating emergency services, especially in the area of 911," the sponsor said, and emphasized it "does not remove any local control" and "does not force any rural provider to switch public radio systems."
A key funding change discussed on the floor would transfer the 7¢-per-month telephone…
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