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Senate File 244

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Bill Introduced: S.J. 359
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 477C.1, Code 2003, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    477C.1  DUAL PARTY RELAY SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTION
  1  4 PROGRAM – PURPOSE.
  1  5    The general assembly finds that the provision of a
  1  6 statewide dual party relay service and equipment distribution
  1  7 program will further the public interest and protect the
  1  8 health, safety, and welfare of the people of Iowa through an
  1  9 increase in the usefulness and availability of the telephone
  1 10 system.  Many persons who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, or have
  1 11 speech, mobility, cognitive, or other sensory or physical
  1 12 impairments are not able to utilize the telephone system
  1 13 without this type of service these services.  Therefore, it is
  1 14 the purpose of this chapter to enable the orderly development,
  1 15 operation, promotion, and funding of a statewide dual party
  1 16 relay service and an equipment distribution program designed
  1 17 to serve the needs of persons with a communication impairment.
  1 18    Sec. 2.  Section 477C.2, Code 2003, is amended to read as
  1 19 follows:
  1 20    477C.2  DEFINITIONS.
  1 21    As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
  1 22 requires:
  1 23    1.  "Board" means the utilities board within the department
  1 24 of commerce created in section 474.1.
  1 25    2.  "Communication impairment" means the inability to use
  1 26 the telephone for communication without a telecommunications
  1 27 device for the deaf.
  1 28    3. 2.  "Council" means the dual party relay council
  1 29 established in section 477C.5.
  1 30    4. 3.  "Dual party relay service" or "relay service" means
  1 31 a communication service which provides communication-impaired
  1 32 persons with a communication impairment access to the
  1 33 telephone system functionally equivalent to the access
  1 34 available to persons who do not communication-impaired have a
  1 35 communication impairment.
  2  1    4.  "Person with a communication impairment" means an
  2  2 individual who is deaf, hard-of-hearing, or has a speech,
  2  3 mobility, cognitive, or other sensory or physical impairment
  2  4 that limits the individual's ability to use or access the
  2  5 telephone system.
  2  6    5.  "Telecommunications device for the deaf" means any
  2  7 specialized, or supplemental telephone, or adapted equipment
  2  8 used by communication-impaired persons a person with a
  2  9 communication impairment to provide use or access to the
  2 10 telephone system.
  2 11    Sec. 3.  Section 477C.4, Code 2003, is amended to read as
  2 12 follows:
  2 13    477C.4  TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICES FOR THE DEAF –
  2 14 DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM.
  2 15    With the advice of the council, the board may plan,
  2 16 establish, administer, and promote a program to secure,
  2 17 finance, and distribute telecommunications devices for the
  2 18 deaf.  The board may establish eligibility criteria for
  2 19 persons to receive telecommunications devices for the deaf,
  2 20 including, but not limited to, requiring certification that
  2 21 the recipient cannot use the telephone for communication
  2 22 without a telecommunications device for the deaf.
  2 23    Sec. 4.  Section 477C.5, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
  2 24 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  2 25    a.  Six consumers who have with a communication impairments
  2 26 impairment.  
  2 27                           EXPLANATION
  2 28    This bill relates to the provision of a statewide dual
  2 29 party relay service.
  2 30    The bill provides for changes in terminology used and the
  2 31 objectives stated in Code chapter 477C dealing with the
  2 32 statewide dual party relay service.  The bill adds the phrase
  2 33 "equipment distribution program" to Code section 477C.1,
  2 34 regarding the purpose of the chapter, to provide that both the
  2 35 dual party relay service, and equipment to enable the service
  3  1 to be accessed, are being provided for in the chapter, and
  3  2 makes a similar addition to Code section 477C.4 regarding
  3  3 distribution of telecommunications devices for the deaf.  The
  3  4 bill provides that a "person with a communication impairment"
  3  5 refers to an individual who is deaf, hard-of-hearing, or has a
  3  6 speech, mobility, cognitive, or any other sensory or physical
  3  7 impairment that limits an individual's ability to use or
  3  8 access the telephone system.  The bill provides for the
  3  9 addition of "adapted" telephone equipment to the definition of
  3 10 a "telecommunications device for the deaf".  
  3 11 LSB 2688XS 80
  3 12 rn/cf/24

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