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Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025 HOUSE BILL NO. 1097 (Representative Frelich) AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding accessibility of government services for individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have hearing differences. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA: SECTION 1. LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT STUDY - ACCESSIBILITY OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DEAF, HARD OF HEARING, OR HAVE HEARING DIFFERENCES. 1. During the 2025-26 interim, the legislative management shall study the accessibility of state and local services for individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have hearing differences. The study must: a. Consider the requirements under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act providing for state and local government entities to communicate effectively with individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have hearing differences. b. Consider challenges or barriers to effective communication for individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have hearing differences when communicating with, including receiving information from and conveying information to, state and local government entities, and identify strategies for improving communication. c. Include input from the department of labor and human rights, department of health and human services, employees of the school for the deaf, individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have hearing differences, information technology professionals, American sign language interpreters, and family members of individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have hearing differences. 2. The legislative management shall report its findings and recommendations, together with any legislation required to implement the recommendations, to the seventieth legislative assembly. H. B. NO. 1097 - PAGE 2 ____________________________ Speaker of the House ____________________________ President of the Senate ____________________________ Chief Clerk of the House ____________________________ Secretary of the Senate This certifies that the within bill originated in the House of Representatives of the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota and is known on the records of that body as House Bill No. 1097. House Vote: Senate Vote: Yeas 87 Yeas 47 Nays 1 Nays 0 Absent 6 Absent 0 ____________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Received by the Governor at ________M. on _____________________________________, 2025. Approved at ________M. on __________________________________________________, 2025. ____________________________ Governor Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025, at ________ o’clock ________M. ____________________________ Secretary of State
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