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Missouri
Accessibility of information technology developed, procured, maintained or used by Missouri state departments and agencies
Mo. Rev. Stat. Secs. 161.900 and 161.935
In force since .
An accessibility requirements rule binding government bodies.
- Obligation class
- Governance
- Conformance standard
- US Section 508 standards
What it requires
- If you are a Missouri state department or agency, including a public four-year or two-year college or university, ensure when developing, procuring, maintaining or using information technology, or administering contracts or grants that include procuring, developing or upgrading it, that employees, program participants and members of the general public have access to and use of its information and data comparable to that of individuals without disabilities, unless an undue burden would be imposed (Mo. Rev. Stat. sec. 161.935.2).
- Use the accessibility standards that the council and the office of information technology services division adopt when procuring information technology and when developing and implementing custom-designed information technology systems, websites and other emerging information technology systems (Mo. Rev. Stat. sec. 161.935.3(1)).
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What this law does
A state department or agency is each department, office, board, bureau, commission, or other unit of the executive, legislative or judicial branch of state government, including public four-year and two-year colleges and universities. Accessibility means compliance with nationally accepted accessibility and usability standards, such as those established in Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and Section 508 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.
When developing, procuring, maintaining or using information technology, or administering contracts or grants that include procuring, developing or upgrading it, each state department or agency must ensure, unless an undue burden would be imposed on it, that the technology gives employees, program participants and members of the general public access to and use of information and data comparable to that of individuals without disabilities.
The council and the office of information technology services division must adopt accessibility standards for each state department or agency to use in procuring information technology and in developing and implementing custom-designed information technology systems, websites and other emerging information technology systems.
They must also establish complaint procedures, consistent with Section 508, for an individual with a disability who alleges that a state department or agency fails to comply.
They must also establish a review procedure to evaluate the accessibility of custom-designed information technology systems that a state department or agency proposes, before state funds are spent, and review and evaluate the accessibility of information technology that state departments and agencies commonly purchase, with accessibility reports on those products to the people who make purchasing decisions. Section 161.935 was formerly section 191.863 and was transferred in 2014.
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