(a) Beginning with the 2017-2018 academic year, a state-supported institution of higher education may offer to its students, employees, and other personnel a panic button alert system that: (1) Connects the user in real time with designated individuals, with the ability of contacting a live 911 operator; (2) (A) Directly integrates into the existing statewide Smart911 system. (B) The Smart911 system shall provide a way for a state-supported institution of higher education to geo-fence the campus and provide the Global Positioning System (GPS) location to assist emergency responders by automatically displaying during a 911 call; (3) Is available for use on and off campus as a smartphone application and has a mechanism for panic notifications to be triggered by non-smartphone wireless callers and landline callers or automatic alert features in the event the user is unable to respond; and (4) Has geo-tracking capability that can determine the location and movements of the person who engaged the panic button alert system. (b) A state-supported institution of higher education may provide information to its students, employees, and other personnel to educate the students, employees, and other personnel on: (1) The use of the panic button alert system; and (2) How and where to obtain the panic button alert system. Added by Act 2017, No. 984,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017. (a) Beginning with the 2017-2018 academic year, a state-supported institution of higher education may offer to its students, employees, and other personnel a panic button alert system that: (1) Connects the user in real time with designated individuals, with the ability of contacting a live 911 operator; (2) (A) Directly integrates into the existing statewide Smart911 system. (B) The Smart911 system shall provide a way for a state-supported institution of higher education to geo-fence the campus and provide the Global Positioning System (GPS) location to assist emergency responders by automatically displaying during a 911 call; (3) Is available for use on and off campus as a smartphone application and has a mechanism for panic notifications to be triggered by non-smartphone wireless callers and landline callers or automatic alert features in the event the user is unable to respond; and (4) Has geo-tracking capability that can determine the location and movements of the person who engaged the panic button alert system. (b) A state-supported institution of higher education may provide information to its students, employees, and other personnel to educate the students, employees, and other personnel on: (1) The use of the panic button alert system; and (2) How and where to obtain the panic button alert system. Added by Act 2017, No. 984,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017. (a) Beginning with the 2017-2018 academic year, a state-supported institution of higher education may offer to its students, employees, and other personnel a panic button alert system that: (1) Connects the user in real time with designated individuals, with the ability of contacting a live 911 operator; (2) (A) Directly integrates into the existing statewide Smart911 system. (B) The Smart911 system shall provide a way for a state-supported institution of higher education to geo-fence the campus and provide the Global Positioning System (GPS) location to assist emergency responders by automatically displaying during a 911 call; (3) Is available for use on and off campus as a smartphone application and has a mechanism for panic notifications to be triggered by non-smartphone wireless callers and landline callers or automatic alert features in the event the user is unable to respond; and (4) Has geo-tracking capability that can determine the location and movements of the person who engaged the panic button alert system. (b) A state-supported institution of higher education may provide information to its students, employees, and other personnel to educate the students, employees, and other personnel on: (1) The use of the panic button alert system; and (2) How and where to obtain the panic button alert system. Added by Act 2017, No. 984,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017. (a) Beginning with the 2017-2018 academic year, a state-supported institution of higher education may offer to its students, employees, and other personnel a panic button alert system that: (1) Connects the user in real time with designated individuals, with the ability of contacting a live 911 operator; (2) (A) Directly integrates into the existing statewide Smart911 system. (B) The Smart911 system shall provide a way for a state-supported institution of higher education to geo-fence the campus and provide the Global Positioning System (GPS) location to assist emergency responders by automatically displaying during a 911 call; (3) Is available for use on and off campus as a smartphone application and has a mechanism for panic notifications to be triggered by non-smartphone wireless callers and landline callers or automatic alert features in the event the user is unable to respond; and (4) Has geo-tracking capability that can determine the location and movements of the person who engaged the panic button alert system. (1) Connects the user in real time with designated individuals, with the ability of contacting a live 911 operator; (2) (A) Directly integrates into the existing statewide Smart911 system. (B) The Smart911 system shall provide a way for a state-supported institution of higher education to geo-fence the campus and provide the Global Positioning System (GPS) location to assist emergency responders by automatically displaying during a 911 call; (A) Directly integrates into the existing statewide Smart911 system. (B) The Smart911 system shall provide a way for a state-supported institution of higher education to geo-fence the campus and provide the Global Positioning System (GPS) location to assist emergency responders by automatically displaying during a 911 call; (3) Is available for use on and off campus as a smartphone application and has a mechanism for panic notifications to be triggered by non-smartphone wireless callers and landline callers or automatic alert features in the event the user is unable to respond; and (4) Has geo-tracking capability that can determine the location and movements of the person who engaged the panic button alert system. (b) A state-supported institution of higher education may provide information to its students, employees, and other personnel to educate the students, employees, and other personnel on: (1) The use of the panic button alert system; and (2) How and where to obtain the panic button alert system. (1) The use of the panic button alert system; and (2) How and where to obtain the panic button alert system.
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