Text: H08469 Text: H08471 Text: H08400 - H08499 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 2545 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 5, by inserting after line 3 the 1 3 following: 1 4 "Notwithstanding any contrary provision of section 1 5 477C.7, subsection 3, of the moneys credited to the 1 6 special fund established pursuant to section 477C.7, 1 7 the following amount, or so much thereof as is 1 8 necessary, shall be used to assist the department for 1 9 the blind in matching federal funding for the 1 10 initiation and maintenance of a newsline for the 1 11 blind, a universal system of providing newspapers over 1 12 the telephone furnished by the national federation of 1 13 the blind: 1 14 For the establishment of access to newsline for the 1 15 blind: 1 16 .................................................. $ 25,000 1 17 This funding shall permit access to blind and 1 18 visually impaired individuals throughout the state to 1 19 the newsline service. The service shall be limited to 1 20 persons residing in the state who are eligible for the 1 21 books for blind and physically handicapped program of 1 22 the library of congress." 1 23 #2. Page 31, by inserting after line 29 the 1 24 following: 1 25 "Sec. . Section 477C.2, subsections 2, 4, and 1 26 5, Code 1999, are amended to read as follows: 1 27 2. "Communication impairment" means the inability 1 28 to use the telephone for communication without a 1 29 telecommunications device for the deaf or blind. 1 30 4. "Dual party relay service" or "relay service" 1 31 means a communication service which provides 1 32 communication-impaired persons access to the telephone 1 33 system functionally equivalent to or using the access 1 34 available to persons not communication-impaired. 1 35 5. "Telecommunications device for the deaf or 1 36 blind" means any specialized or supplemental telephone 1 37 equipment used by communication-impaired persons to 1 38 provide access to the telephone system. 1 39 Sec. . Section 477C.4, Code 1999, is amended to 1 40 read as follows: 1 41 477C.4 TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICES FOR THE DEAF. 1 42 With the advice of the council, the board may plan, 1 43 establish, administer, and promote a program to 1 44 secure, finance, and distribute telecommunications 1 45 devices for the deaf or blind. The board may 1 46 establish eligibility criteria for persons to receive 1 47 telecommunications devices for the deaf or blind, 1 48 including, but not limited to, requiring certification 1 49 that the recipient cannot use the telephone for 1 50 communication without a telecommunications device for 2 1 the deaf or blind." 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 CARROLL of Poweshiek 2 6 HF 2545.801 78 2 7 tj/cf
Text: H08469 Text: H08471 Text: H08400 - H08499 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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