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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="1-3A-04" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="3A">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Board shall establish a 3–1–1 Program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The purpose of the Program is to evaluate and expand the use of 3–1–1 systems in the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board shall designate two counties that have 3–1–1 systems and two counties that do not have 3–1–1 systems to participate in the Program.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A county designated under paragraph (1) of this subsection may choose not to participate in the Program by submitting a letter to the Board within 14 days after the county’s designation stating the reason for not participating.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Board shall require the Maryland Information Network to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>solicit requests for proposals from vendors for technology platforms and other services necessary to run 3–1–1 systems for the Program; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>submit a list of possible vendors to the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On or before June 30, 2027, the Board shall establish a chatbot in each county designated by the Board under subsection (c) of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each chatbot shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>multilingual support;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>integration with geographic information system data for accurate routing; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>clear escalation protocols to route complex requests to live agents.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Each county participating in the Program shall designate the sources a chatbot may use in responding to questions.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>The vendor of the 3–1–1 system chosen to host a chatbot shall analyze the performance of the chatbot based on user feedback regarding accuracy of chatbot responses.</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <level label="A">
            <text>The vendor shall investigate an answer that a user designates as inaccurate.</text>
          </level>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>If the source is determined to be inaccurate, the agency operating the source webpage shall update it to become accurate.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On or before December 1, 2027, the Board shall establish a voicebot in each participating county.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each voicebot shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>multilingual support;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the ability to transfer calls to 9–1–1, 2–1–1, and 9–8–8, as needed;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>integration with geographic information system data for accurate routing; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>clear escalation protocols to route complex requests to live agents.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The vendor of the 3–1–1 system chosen to host a voicebot shall analyze the performance of the voicebot in the same way as the chatbot under subsection (e)(3)(ii) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>On or before July 1, 2028, the Board shall implement the Program according to the plan submitted under § 1–3A–05(b) of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
