Arizona state budget units: comparable access to electronic or information technology under the Section 508 standards

A state budget unit that develops, procures, maintains or uses electronic or information technology through the use of state monies must ensure that the technology provides comparable access to individuals with disabilities in accordance with the accessibility standards adopted under section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, unless doing so would impose an undue burden on the budget unit.

A budget unit that contracts with a vendor that provides these products or services remains subject to the article for that technology or the related services, and must agree to respond to and make a good faith effort to resolve any complaint regarding accessibility.

The Department of Administration must establish a complaint procedure for all budget units, and the supreme court one for the courts, consistent with section 508, for an individual with a disability who alleges that a budget unit failed to comply. The Department of Administration must adopt the rules needed to implement the article, including an undue burden process consistent with the section 508 federal acquisition regulation provisions.

Electronic or information technology means all electronic information processing hardware and software, including telecommunications and any electronic information equipment or interconnected system used in acquiring, storing, manipulating, managing, moving, controlling, displaying, switching, interchanging, transmitting and receiving data or information, including audio, graphics and text.