2022 Colorado Code
Title 24 - Government - State
Article 85 - Information Technology Access for Individuals Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
§ 24-85-104. Procurement Requirements - Criteria - Implementation

1. The office of information technology shall approve minimum standards and criteria to be used in approving or rejecting procurements by state agencies for adaptive technologies for nonvisual or other disability access uses.
2. Nothing in this article 85 requires the installation of software or peripheral devices used for accessibility for an individual with a disability when the information technology is being used by individuals who are not disabled. Nothing in this article 85 requires the purchase of adaptive equipment by a state agency.
3. Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, the applications, programs, and underlying operating systems, including the format of the data, used for the manipulation and presentation of information must permit the installation and effective use of and be compatible with software and peripheral devices that provide accessibility to an individual with a disability.
4. Compliance with the procurement requirements of this section must be achieved at the time of procurement of an upgrade or replacement of existing information technology equipment or software.

Source: L. 2000: Entire article added, p. 1505, § 1, effective August 2. L. 2007: (1) amended, p. 917, § 18, effective May 17. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (HB 21-1110), ch. 402, p. 2678, § 6, effective June 30.