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Committee approves amendment to HB1215 to center choice of people with communication disabilities
Summary
Lawmakers amended House Bill 1215 to substitute the term 'communication disability,' clarify that the individual with the disability chooses communication methods, and add catch-all language to cover future methods; the committee recommended the bill as amended.
A House committee voted to recommend House Bill 1215 as amended, adopting language that focuses on individuals with communication disabilities and clarifies that those individuals should be enabled to independently express their wishes.
Representative Sher described the amendment, citing testimony from Karen Rosenberg of the Disability…
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