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2004 SESSION
HB 798 Telephonic reading services; created.
Introduced by: J. Chapman Petersen | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Telecommunications; telephonic reading services. Authorizes funding for the operation of telephonic reading services through the assessments already being received for the telecommunications relay service. "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. Enactment of this bill is contingent upon future general fund appropriations.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Telecommunications; telephonic reading services. Authorizes funding for the operation of telephonic reading services through the assessments already being received for the telecommunications relay service. "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.