House File 2585 H-8071 Amend the amendment, H-8069, to House File 2585 as follows: 1 1. Page 1, by striking lines 23 through 27 and inserting: 2 < 34A.9 Telecommunications devices for the persons with speech 3 disorders and hearing-impaired the deaf and hard of hearing . 4 Each public safety answering point shall provide for the 5 installation and use of telecommunications devices for the 6 persons with speech disorders and hearing-impaired for the deaf 7 and hard of hearing . > 8 2. Page 1, after line 27 by inserting: 9 < Sec. ___. Section 100.18, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code 10 2020, is amended to read as follows: 11 c. An owner or an owner’s agent of a multiple-unit 12 residential building or single-family dwelling shall supply 13 light-emitting smoke detectors, upon request, for a tenant with 14 a who is deaf or hard of hearing impairment . 15 Sec. ___. Section 100.18, subsection 3, paragraph c, Code 16 2020, is amended to read as follows: 17 c. An owner of a multiple-unit residential building or 18 a single-family rental unit that has a fuel-fired heater or 19 appliance, a fireplace, or an attached garage, or an owner’s 20 agent, shall supply light-emitting carbon monoxide alarms, upon 21 request, for a tenant with a who is deaf or hard of hearing 22 impairment . > 23 3. Page 2, after line 17 by inserting: 24 < Sec. ___. Section 154A.1, subsection 4, Code 2020, is 25 amended to read as follows: 26 4. “Hearing aid” means a wearable instrument or device 27 designed for or offered for the purpose of aiding or 28 compensating for impaired human hearing disorders , and any 29 parts, attachments, or accessories, including earmold, but 30 excluding batteries and cords. 31 Sec. ___. Section 154A.24, subsection 3, paragraph p, Code 32 2020, is amended to read as follows: 33 p. Stating or implying that the use of a hearing aid will 34 restore normal hearing or preserve hearing or prevent or retard 35 -1- H8069.3489 (3) 88 pf/rh 1/ 3 #1. #2. #3.

progressions of hearing impairment disorders or any other false 1 or misleading claim regarding the use or benefit of a hearing 2 aid. > 3 4. Page 8, after line 4 by inserting: 4 < Sec. ___. Section 477C.1, Code 2020, is amended to read as 5 follows: 6 477C.1 Dual party relay service —— purpose. 7 The general assembly finds that the provision of a statewide 8 dual party relay service will further the public interest and 9 protect the health, safety, and welfare of the people of Iowa 10 through an increase in the usefulness and availability of the 11 telephone system. Many persons who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, 12 or have speech impairments disorders are not able to utilize 13 the telephone system without this type of service. Therefore, 14 it is the purpose of this chapter to enable the orderly 15 development, operation, promotion, and funding of a statewide 16 dual party relay service. > 17 5. Page 8, by striking lines 5 through 13 and inserting: 18 < Sec. ___. Section 477C.2, subsections 2, 4, and 5, Code 19 2020, are amended to read as follows: 20 2. “Communication impairment disorder ” means the 21 inability to use the telephone for communication without a 22 telecommunications device for the deaf and hard of hearing . 23 4. “Dual party relay service” or “relay service” means a 24 communication service which provides communication-impaired 25 persons with communication disorders access to the telephone 26 system functionally equivalent to the access available to 27 persons not communication-impaired without communication 28 disorders . 29 5. “Telecommunications device for the deaf and hard of 30 hearing ” means any specialized or supplemental telephone 31 equipment used by communication-impaired persons with 32 communication disorders to provide access to the telephone 33 system. 34 Sec. ___. Section 477C.3, subsection 2, Code 2020, is 35 -2- H8069.3489 (3) 88 pf/rh 2/ 3 #4. #5.

amended to read as follows: 1 2. The relay service, to the extent reasonably possible, 2 shall allow persons with communication impairments disorders to 3 use the telephone system in a manner and at a rate equivalent 4 to persons without communication impairments disorders . > 5 6. Page 8, after line 26 by inserting: 6 < Sec. ___. Section 477C.5, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 7 2020, is amended to read as follows: 8 a. Six consumers who have communication impairments 9 disorders . > 10 7. By renumbering, redesignating, and correcting internal 11 references as necessary. 12 ______________________________ JACOBSEN of Pottawattamie -3- H8069.3489 (3) 88 pf/rh 3/ 3 #6. #7.