2014 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 427A - Services to Aging Persons and Persons With Disabilities
NRS 427A.750 - Subcommittee on Communication Services for Persons Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Persons With Speech Disabilities: Creation; membership; terms; vacancies; quorum; compensation; members holding public office or employed by governmental entity; powers and duties.

1. The Subcommittee on Communication Services for Persons Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Persons With Speech Disabilities of the Nevada Commission on Services for Persons with Disabilities is hereby created. The Subcommittee consists of nine members appointed by the Administrator. The Administrator shall consider recommendations made by the Nevada Commission on Services for Persons with Disabilities and appoint to the Subcommittee:

(a) One member who is employed by the Division and who participates in the administration of the program of this State that provides services to persons with communications disabilities which affect their ability to communicate;

(b) One member who is a member of the Nevada Association of the Deaf, or, if it ceases to exist, one member who represents an organization which has a membership of persons who are deaf, hard of hearing or speech-impaired;

(c) One member who has experience with or an interest in and knowledge of the problems of and services for the deaf, hard of hearing or speech-impaired;

(d) The Executive Director of the Nevada Telecommunications Association or, in the event of its dissolution, a member who represents the telecommunications industry;

(e) Three members who are users of telecommunications relay services or the services of persons engaged in the practice of interpreting or the practice of realtime captioning;

(f) One member who is a parent of a child who is deaf, hard of hearing or speech-impaired; and

(g) One member who represents educators in this State and has knowledge concerning the provision of communication services to persons with communications disabilities in elementary, secondary and postsecondary schools and the laws concerning the provision of those services.

2. After the initial term, the term of each member is 3 years. A member may be reappointed.

3. If a vacancy occurs during the term of a member, the Administrator shall appoint a person similarly qualified to replace that member for the remainder of the unexpired term.

4. The Subcommittee shall:

(a) At its first meeting and annually thereafter, elect a Chair from among its members; and

(b) Meet at the call of the Administrator, the Chair of the Nevada Commission on Services for Persons with Disabilities, the Chair of the Subcommittee or a majority of its members as is necessary to carry out its responsibilities.

5. A majority of the members of the Subcommittee constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business, and a majority of the members of a quorum present at any meeting is sufficient for any official action taken by the Subcommittee.

6. Members of the Subcommittee serve without compensation, except that each member is entitled, while engaged in the business of the Subcommittee, to the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally if funding is available for this purpose.

7. A member of the Subcommittee who is an officer or employee of this State or a political subdivision of this State must be relieved from his or her duties without loss of regular compensation so that the person may prepare for and attend meetings of the Subcommittee and perform any work necessary to carry out the duties of the Subcommittee in the most timely manner practicable. A state agency or political subdivision of this State shall not require an officer or employee who is a member of the Subcommittee to make up the time he or she is absent from work to carry out his or her duties as a member of the Subcommittee or use annual vacation or compensatory time for the absence.

8. The Subcommittee may:

(a) Make recommendations to the Nevada Commission on Services for Persons with Disabilities concerning the establishment and operation of programs for persons with communications disabilities which affect their ability to communicate.

(b) Recommend to the Nevada Commission on Services for Persons with Disabilities any proposed legislation concerning persons with communications disabilities which affect their ability to communicate.

(c) Collect information concerning persons with communications disabilities which affect their ability to communicate.

(d) Create and annually review a 5-year strategic plan consisting of short-term and long-term goals for services provided by or on behalf of the Division. In creating and reviewing any such plan, the Subcommittee must solicit input from various persons, including, without limitation, persons with communications disabilities.

(e) Review the goals, programs and services of the Division for persons with communications disabilities and advise the Division regarding such goals, programs and services, including, without limitation, the outcomes of services provided to persons with communications disabilities and the requirements imposed on providers.

(f) Based on information collected by the Department of Education, advise the Department of Education on research and methods to ensure the availability of language and communication services for children who are deaf, hard of hearing or speech-impaired.

9. The Subcommittee shall make recommendations to the Nevada Commission on Services for Persons with Disabilities concerning the practice of interpreting and the practice of realtime captioning, including, without limitation, the adoption of regulations to carry out the provisions of chapter 656A of NRS.

10. As used in this section:

(a) Nevada Commission on Services for Persons with Disabilities means the Nevada Commission on Services for Persons with Disabilities created by NRS 427A.1211.

(b) Practice of interpreting has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 656A.060.

(c) Practice of realtime captioning has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 656A.062.

(d) Telecommunications relay services has the meaning ascribed to it in 47 C.F.R. 64.601.

(Added to NRS by 2009, 2377; A 2013, 150)