SECTION 1. Subsection (b) of section 18B of chapter 6A, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the figure "11" and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 13.

SECTION 2. Said subsection (b) of section 18B of chapter 6A, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “Massachusetts Ambulance Association”, in line 42, the following words:- , 1 of whom shall be a physician with a specialty in emergency medicine;

and is hereby further amended in lines 42 through 44, by striking out “and 1 of whom shall be a manager or supervisor of a PSAP and a nominated representative of the Massachusetts Communication Supervisors Association” and inserting in place thereof the following language:-

1 of whom shall be a sitting manager or supervisor of a PSAP serving a population of less than 50,000 people and a nominated representative of the Massachusetts Communication Supervisors Association and 1 of whom shall be a sitting manager or supervisor of a PSAP serving a population of more than 50,000 people and a nominated representative of the Massachusetts Communication Supervisors Association. 

SECTION 3. Subsection (g) of said section 18B of said chapter 6A, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:-

The commission shall establish rules requiring PSAPs to complete quality assurance and quality improvement (QA/QI) processes for their telecommunicator CPR instructions, in accordance with nationally recognized standards, and provide procedures to report annually to the commission compliance and may adjust state grant or shared revenue amounts based on failure to comply with such rules.

SECTION 4. Section 12V ½ of chapter 112, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following in subsections:-

(d) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, an AED registry shall be established for the purpose of allowing local 911 telecommunicator to locate accessible AEDs. Any AED used in a public access defibrillation program shall register the device through the PSAP medical control director (MCD).

(e) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, signage located throughout buildings shall clearly indicate AED locations.

SECTION 5. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of public health shall include sudden cardiac arrest as a reportable disease.