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Senate approves bill to create enterprise for communication services for people with disabilities
Summary
The Senate adopted HB 1154, which establishes an enterprise within DHS to preserve relay, interpreter and other communications services for people who are deaf, hard of hearing or deafblind; floor amendments updated fee language.
The Colorado Senate on April 16 adopted House Bill 1154, which restructures and secures funding for communication services for people who are deaf, hard of hearing and deafblind by moving an existing fee and the commission that oversees services into an enterprise housed in the Department of Human Services.
Sponsor Sen. Janet Judah, speaking for the bill on the Senate floor, said Colorado is home to roughly 755,000 people who are deaf or hard of hearing and about…
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