Ships a consumer interface, in Kentucky

KRS 61.982 · Read the law's page

• If you are the head of a covered entity (the state, or a state-assisted organization, that is a college, university, nonprofit organization, person, political subdivision, school system or other entity supported in whole or in part by state funds), ensure that the information technology equipment and software your employees, program participants and the general public use give individuals with disabilities, including blind, visually impaired, deaf and hard of hearing individuals, access, including interactive use of equipment and services, equivalent to the access provided to individuals who are not disabled (KRS 61.982(1) and KRS 61.980(4) and (10)).when it serves a public body
• Ensure that the equipment and software are designed to present information, including prompts used for interactive communication, in formats intended for both visual and nonvisual use (KRS 61.982(2)).when it serves a public body
• Ensure that the equipment and software were purchased under a contract that includes the technology access clause required by KRS 61.984 (KRS 61.982(3)).for a public body
• Do not approve excluding the technology access clause from a contract with respect to the compatibility of standard operating systems and software with nonvisual access or other assistive software, peripheral devices or assistive technology, or the initial design, development and installation of information systems, including the design and procurement of interactive equipment and software; exclusion for other access software, peripheral devices and assistive technology is available only where their cost presents an undue burden (KRS 61.986(1) and (2)).for a public body
• Make sure the applications programs and underlying operating system, including the format of the data, that you use to manipulate and present information permit the installation and effective use of nonvisual access software and peripheral devices, even where you need not install that software because the technology is used by individuals who are not disabled (KRS 61.986(3)).when it serves a public body
• Bring information technology purchased before July 14, 2000 into compliance when you upgrade or replace the existing equipment or software (KRS 61.986(4)).for a public body

KRS 61.984 and 61.986 · Read the law's page

• If you sell information technology to the state or to a state-assisted organization (a college, university, political subdivision, school system or other entity supported in whole or in part by state funds), expect the contract to include the technology access clause that the Finance and Administration Cabinet develops, which requires compliance with the alternative and nonvisual access standards (KRS 61.984(1) and KRS 61.980(4) and (10)).
• Make effective, interactive control and use of the technology, including the operating system, applications programs and the format of the data presented, readily achievable by alternative and nonvisual means (KRS 61.984(2)(a)).
• Equip the technology for alternative and nonvisual access so that it is compatible with information technology used by other individuals with whom the person with a disability, including a blind or visually impaired individual, must interact (KRS 61.984(2)(b)).
• Integrate alternative and nonvisual access technology into networks used to share communications among employees, program participants and the public (KRS 61.984(2)(c)).
• Give the technology for alternative or nonvisual access the capability of providing equivalent access by nonvisual or other alternative means to telecommunications or other interconnected network services used by persons who are not disabled (KRS 61.984(2)(d)).