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2002 SESSION

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HB 1098 Telephonic reading services.

Introduced by: Robert H. Brink | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Telephonic reading services. Requires the State Corporation Commission to collect an assessment from each local telephone company in the Commonwealth for operation of telephonic reading services, similar to the current assessment for operation of telecommunications relay service for the deaf and hard of hearing. “Telephonic reading services” means audio information provided by telephone to the blind and visually impaired through a nationally available, multi-state service center to registered readers in all parts of the Commonwealth, including the interstate acquisition and distribution of daily newspapers and other information. The Department for the Blind and Visually Impaired is the state agency responsible for the administration and operation of telephonic reading services.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/02  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/09/02 026444648  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 01/09/02  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/09/02 026444648
• 01/09/02  House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 01/31/02  House: Failed to report (defeated) in C. & L. (6-Y 15-N)