To amend section 4931.99 and to enact section 4931.491 of the Revised Code to prohibit billing or other administrative activities regarding a 9-1-1 call until the emergency is stabilized.

Section 1. That section 4931.99 be amended and section 4931.491 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 4931.491. No person involved in the response to a 9-1-1 call shall conduct billing or other administrative activities regarding the call until all of the following have occurred:

(A) Emergency services have been dispatched to address the emergency;

(B) The fact that the dispatch was made has been successfully communicated to the caller and all emergency services providers responding to the call;

(C) An emergency services provider has arrived at the location of the emergency.

Sec. 4931.99.  (A) Whoever violates division (D) of section 4931.49 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

(B) Whoever violates section 4931.25, 4931.26, 4931.27, 4931.30, or 4931.31 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

(C) Whoever violates section 4931.28 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree.

(D) Whoever violates section 4931.29 or division (B) of section 4931.35 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor in the first degree.

(E) Whoever violates division (E) or (F) of section 4931.49 or division (B)(2) of section 4931.66 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on a first offense and a felony of the fifth degree on each subsequent offense.

(F) Whoever violates section 4931.75 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for a first offense and a misdemeanor of the first degree on each subsequent offense.

(G) Whoever violates section 4931.491 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

Section 2. That existing section 4931.99 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed.