278.548 Telecommunications relay service program.
The commission shall establish a program to make telecommunications relay services
available not later than October 1, 1991, and shall make interstate telecommunications
relay services available no later than July 1, 1992. The telecommunications relay service,
whether intrastate or interstate, shall be operated seven (7) days a week for twenty-four
(24) hours per day for all deaf, hard-of-hearing, or speech-impaired telephone subscribers
within the Commonwealth. In order to determine the most cost effective method of
providing telecommunications relay services that will meet the requirements of the deaf,
hard of hearing, and speech-impaired, the commission shall initiate an investigation,
conduct public hearings, and solicit the advice and counsel of the deaf, hard-of-hearing
persons, and speech-impaired persons and the organizations serving them. The
commission may assist the Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in the TDD
distribution program established pursuant to KRS 163.525.
Effective: July 15, 1994
History: Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 237, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1994. – Amended
1992 Ky. Acts ch. 93, sec. 1, effective March 24, 1992; and ch. 144, sec. 16,
effective July 14, 1992. -- Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 5, sec. 2, effective July 13,
1990.
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