SB 1155 - This act creates the Christian Taylor Ferguson ("CTF") Medical Alert System to aid in identifying and locating a missing endangered person, defined as a person, including a child, who is missing under unexplained, involuntary, or suspicious circumstances and who is believed to be in danger because of a medical condition that requires immediate care, medication, or treatment. The CTF Medical Alert System shall be set up and maintained in a manner similar to the Amber Alert System. The Department of Public Safety shall develop regions to provide the system and to coordinate local law enforcement agencies and public commercial television and radio broadcasters. The Department shall also administer and promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this act.
Persons knowingly making a false report to trigger an alert under this act shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
This act is identical to HB 2395 (2024).
SARAH HASKINS
Statutes affected: Introduced (3679S.01):
210.1015
Senate Committee Minutes: SENATE COMMITTEE MINUTES Bill No.: SB 1155
Sponsor: Mosley
Hearing Date: 2/28/2024
COMMITTEE: Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety
CHAIRMAN: Fitzwater
DATE REFERRED: 1/25/2024 DATE HEARING REQUESTED:
STAFF:
Alyssa Bruemmer
Heidi Kolkmeyer
Mary Grace Pringle
Ben Ridder
Eric Vander Weerd
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