PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Gives legal protection from lawsuits to people and groups who run, use, or help with Next Generation 9‑1‑1 services. That includes public safety answering points (PSAPs), providers and users of NG9‑1‑1, and their officers, staff, vendors, agents, and any government entity that authorized them. The protection covers things like releasing caller or subscriber information for emergencies, providing or using 9‑1‑1, E9‑1‑1, or Next Generation 9‑1‑1 services, and other related actions. The level of protection is the same as the immunity in section 615a that applies to wireless carriers, PSAPs, and users of wireless 9‑1‑1 service.

Title 47, §1472

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(a)Immunity

A provider or user of Next Generation 9–1–1 services, a public safety answering point, and the officers, directors, employees, vendors, agents, and authorizing government entity (if any) of such provider, user, or public safety answering point, shall have immunity and protection from liability under Federal and State law to the extent provided in subsection (b) with respect to—

(1)the release of subscriber information related to emergency calls or emergency services;

(2)the use or provision of 9–1–1 services, E9–1–1 services, or Next Generation 9–1–1 services; and

(3)other matters related to 9–1–1 services, E9–1–1 services, or Next Generation 9–1–1 services.

(b)Scope of immunity and protection from liability

The scope and extent of the immunity and protection from liability afforded under subsection (a) shall be the same as that provided under section 615a of this title to wireless carriers, public safety answering points, and users of wireless 9–1–1 service (as defined in paragraphs (4), (3), and (6), respectively, of section 615b of this title ) with respect to such release, use, and other matters.

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section 615b of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original a reference to section 6 of the Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999, Pub. L. 106–81, and was translated as if it had been a reference to section 7 of Pub. L. 106–81, which is classified to section 615b of this title, to reflect the probable intent of Congress and the renumbering of section 6 of Pub. L. 106–81 as section 7 by Pub. L. 110–283, title I, § 101(1),

July 23, 2008, 122 Stat. 2620. Pub. L. 110–283, title I, § 101(3),

July 23, 2008, 122 Stat. 2620 enacted a new section 6 of the Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999 which is classified to section 215a–1 of this title, but that section does not contain definitions.

§1472 Parity of Protection for Provision or Use of Next Generation 9–1–1 Services

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Title 47, §1472

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