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Advocates press committee to improve accessibility of 9-1-1 disability indicator forms
Summary
A testifier with lived experience urged the Joint Committee to pass H.B. 2,633 to make 9-1-1 disability indicator forms more accessible, adding mental health and language needs and setting a fifth-grade reading level to improve outcomes for people with disabilities and for first responders.
A witness with family and lived experience told the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security that H.B. 2,633 would make 9-1-1 disability indicator forms more accessible and improve outcomes for people with disabilities and first responders.
The testifier described personal experience with family members affected by substance use, incarceration, mental-health crises and developmental disabilities…
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