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Permanent telecommunications relay service and telecommunications equipment grant program

30 V.S.A. sec. 218a

In force since .

An accessibility requirements rule binding government bodies.

Instrument type
an act of a legislature

What it requires

  • If you are the Department of Public Service, develop the standards for the permanent statewide telecommunications relay service and its associated equipment program, and make them equal to or exceed the standards of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (30 V.S.A. sec. 218a(a)(1) and (2)).
  • If you are the Department of Public Service, write into those standards an express requirement that the designated provider of Vermont's telecommunications relay services comply, as expeditiously as possible, with any additional federal regulations the Federal Communications Commission promulgates (30 V.S.A. sec. 218a(a)(2)).
  • If you are the Department of Public Service, issue a request for proposals seeking competitive bids from qualified vendors for telecommunications relay services and for telecommunications equipment, under a contract term of no more than four years (30 V.S.A. sec. 218a(b)).
  • If you are the Department of Public Service, establish the Vermont Telecommunications Relay Service Advisory Council, which advises the Department and the relay contractor on the relay service and the equipment grant program (30 V.S.A. sec. 218a(d)).
  • If you are the Commission, establish by rule or order a telecommunications equipment grant program for persons who are deaf, deaf-blind, hard of hearing or have a speech limitation, and persons with physical disabilities that limit their ability to use standard telephone equipment (30 V.S.A. sec. 218a(e)(1)).

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The Department of Public Service must develop the necessary standards for a permanent, statewide telecommunications relay service and for an associated equipment program. The standards must equal or exceed those mandated by the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990.

The standards must expressly require the designated provider of Vermont's telecommunications relay services to comply, as expeditiously as possible, with any additional federal regulations the Federal Communications Commission promulgates. The Department must issue a request for proposals seeking competitive bids from qualified vendors to provide telecommunications relay services and telecommunications equipment.

The Commission must establish by rule or order a telecommunications equipment grant program for persons who are deaf, deaf-blind, hard of hearing or have a speech limitation, and for persons with physical disabilities that limit their ability to use standard telephone equipment. Section 218a of title 30 was added in 1991 and took effect on .

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