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Committee advances bill to centralize state ADA reporting in Department of Health office
Summary
HB295 would create an office (Community Inclusion and Equality) within the Department of Health to centralize ADA accessibility reporting from state agencies and produce annual reports for legislative committees. Supporters said centralized data will help budget decisions; some ADA coordinators and advocates warned it duplicates existing mechanisms and lacks enforcement.
Representative Cates presented House Bill 295 to the Senate Finance Committee. The bill would create a Community Inclusion and Equality division within the Department of Health to collect centralized accessibility data from state ADA coordinators (roughly 800 sites overseen by General Services Department), produce an…
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