Section 2. Legislative intent.
The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) The General Assembly intends to establish a program
that provides at-risk elderly persons with wireless emergency
telephone service to provide immediate access to the 911
emergency telephone number as well as the appropriate
protective services unit at area agencies on aging.
(2) This act authorizes the Department of Aging to
develop a request for proposal for the purpose of entering
into a public-private partnership with a wireless
telecommunications provider.
(3) This act will provide at-risk elderly persons living
independently in the community the access to emergency
contacts through the use of wireless telecommunications
systems allowing the at-risk elderly persons to continue to
live independently with the means to access necessary
emergency services.