H.R. 4167 — what changed

changed This Act may be cited as the “Kari’s Law Act of 2015”.2016”.

changed “721. Default configuration Configuration of multi-line telephone systems for direct dialing of 9–1–19-1-1

changed “(a) In general—A System manufacture, importation, sale, and lease—A person engaged in the business of manufacturing, importing, selling, leasing, or installing leasing multi-line telephone systems may not manufacture or import for use in the United States, or sell or lease or offer to sell or lease in the United States, or install in the United States a multi-line telephone system, unless the default configuration of such system is pre-configured such that that, when properly installed in accordance with subsection (b), a user may directly initiate a call to 9–1–1 9-1-1 from any station equipped with dialing facilities, without dialing any additional digit, code, prefix, or post-fix, including any trunk-access code such as the digit “9”, ‘9’, regardless of whether the user is required to dial such a digit, code, prefix, or post-fix for other calls.

changed “(b) On-Site notification—A System installation, management, and operation—A person engaged in the business of installing installing, managing, or operating multi-line telephone systems, systems may not install, manage, or operate for use in installing the United States such a system, shall configure the system to provide a notification to a central location at the facility where the unless such system is installed when configured such that a person at the facility initiates user may directly initiate a call to 9–1–1 using the system, if the system is able to be configured to provide the notification 9-1-1 from any station equipped with dialing facilities, without an improvement to dialing any additional digit, code, prefix, or post-fix, including any trunk-access code such as the hardware digit ‘9’, regardless of whether the system.user is required to dial such a digit, code, prefix, or post-fix for other calls.

changed “(c) Enforcement—This section shall be enforced under title V, except that section 501 applies only to On-site notification—A person engaged in the extent that business of installing, managing, or operating multi-line telephone systems shall, in installing, managing, or operating such section provides a system for use in the punishment of United States, configure the system to provide a fine.notification to a central location at the facility where the system is installed or to another person or organization regardless of location, if the system is able to be configured to provide the notification without an improvement to the hardware or software of the system.

changed “(d) Multi-Line telephone system defined—The term “multi-line telephone system” has the meaning given such term Effect on State law—Nothing in this section 6502 is intended to alter the authority of State commissions or other State or local agencies with jurisdiction over emergency communications, if the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act exercise of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1471).”such authority is not inconsistent with this Act.

added “(e) Enforcement—This section shall be enforced under title V, except that section 501 applies only to the extent that such section provides for the punishment of a fine.

added “(f) Multi-line telephone system defined—In this section, the term “multi-line telephone system” has the meaning given such term in section 6502 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1471).”