[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 751 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 751

Encouraging States to adopt laws that set clear guidelines for contact 
protocols for personal emergency response systems used by the Nation's 
                            senior citizens.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 17, 2009

Mr. Chandler submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Encouraging States to adopt laws that set clear guidelines for contact 
protocols for personal emergency response systems used by the Nation's 
                            senior citizens.

Whereas personal emergency response systems (PERS devices) are purchased mostly 
        by senior citizens;
Whereas there is no Federal regulation specifying the protocol that should be 
        used by the monitoring station when a PERS device is activated or 
        whether such stations should first call 911 in order to get appropriate 
        emergency aid in a timely manner;
Whereas, in 2008, the Kentucky General Assembly enacted the Christine Talley Act 
        (KRS 438.280) which requires that 911 be the first call a monitoring 
        station makes when a PERS device is activated;
Whereas this law was named in honor of Christine Talley who died after suffering 
        a heart attack after the PERS monitoring system she had activated first 
        attempted to contact her directly, and she was unable to respond;
Whereas the monitoring station did not contact emergency responders until after 
        she was found by her son and taken to the hospital, nearly an hour after 
        the initial activation of the PERS device; and
Whereas regulation of PERS devices by States may help to save the lives of 
        citizens like Christine Talley by preventing the waste of valuable time 
        in emergency situations: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
States should adopt laws that set clear guidelines for contact 
protocols for personal emergency response systems used by the Nation's 
senior citizens.
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