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Hawaii Electronic Information Technology Disability Access Standards: contractor and contract compliance for electronic information technology sold to state entities
Hawaii EIT Disability Access Standards, version 1.2, Scope and Roles and Responsibilities C.d
In force since .
A procurement conditions rule binding public and private bodies.
- Conformance standard
- WCAG 2.1 AA, US Section 508 standards
What it requires
- If you sell electronic information technology to a Hawaii state entity, including a public school or the University of Hawaii, make the electronic information technology you develop or provide under the contract conform to the Hawaii Electronic Information Technology Disability Access Standards (the Section 508 Standards and WCAG 2.1 Level A and AA), whose compliance language the entity must include in all contractual actions for electronic information technology items and services (Standards, Roles and Responsibilities C.d, and Functional Performance Criteria and Technical Requirements).
- If you contract with a Hawaii state entity to provide a public service, comply with the Standards, which the entity is obliged to ensure of its contractors (Standards, Scope).
- Where applicable, give the state entity your most recent Accessibility Conformance Report (Standards, Incorporate Accessibility in the Procurement Phase).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
What it reaches
Obligation class
Contract terms, Disclosure
Applicability criteria
- As of
- Combinator
- All of
- Criteria
- is party to a contractual action with a Hawaii state entity for electronic information technology items or services (Hawaii Electronic Information Technology Disability Access Standards, Roles and Responsibilities C.d)
What this law does
The Hawaii Electronic Information Technology Disability Access Standards apply to all state entities, including public elementary, secondary and postsecondary schools and the University of Hawaii, and state that state entities that contract with other entities to provide public service have an obligation to ensure that their contractors comply with the Standards.
Each department or agency director, or an equivalent or designee, must ensure that the relevant Standards compliance language is included in all contractual actions for electronic information technology items and services. The Standards require all electronic information technology that state entities procure, develop, maintain or use to conform to the Section 508 Standards and to WCAG 2.1 Level A and AA, or a subsequent version the United States Access Board or the Department of Justice adopts.
The Standards' accessibility recommendations, which the Standards say should be considered, tell state entities to include, whenever procuring information technology, a requirement similar to the clause that all electronic information technology developed or provided under the contract or procurement shall comply with the applicable requirements of the Standards.
The same recommendations state that, where applicable, the vendor shall provide the state entity with its most recent Accessibility Conformance Report. State Procurement Office Procurement Circular No. 2025-07 gives state entities operational guidance for integrating accessibility compliance into all electronic information technology procurement and development activities.
The circular is addressed, among others, to the chief procurement officers of the Department of Education and the University of Hawaii. For price or vendor lists, the circular tells agencies to ensure that task orders, statements of work or requests for quotations include the requirement to comply with the Standards.
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