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Utah House urges wider hearing access in public venues under Americans with Disabilities Act
Summary
The Utah House on Feb. 20, 2001, passed a resolution urging public accommodations to improve communication access for people who are hard of hearing, highlighting assistive listening systems, captioning and interpreters and directing a copy be sent to state services for the deaf and hard of hearing.
The Utah House of Representatives on Feb. 20, 2001, passed the first substitute of House Resolution 5 urging places of public accommodation across the state to comply more fully with the Americans with Disabilities Act to ensure effective communication for people who are hard of hearing.
The resolution, read aloud on the floor by the legal clerk, lists a range of public accommodations covered by the ADA — including hotels, restaurants, theaters, auditoriums, professional offices, hospitals and libraries — and urges owners and operators to provide assistive listening systems, captioning and…
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