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Committee advances study on communication access for deaf and deaf-blind patients
Summary
The House Committee on Human Services and Homelessness advanced SCR 63 SD1, asking the Disability and Communication Access Board to study and recommend guidance for health-care communication for people who are deaf, hard of hearing or deaf-blind, after testimony from CAB and family members describing harmful gaps in care.
The House Committee on Human Services and Homelessness moved SCR 63 SD1 forward after hearing testimony that hospital and clinic practices can leave people who are deaf, hard of hearing or deaf-blind without effective communication during care.
Christine Pagano of the Disability and Communication Access Board told the committee the board will sponsor the study and look at "what…
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