Bills › 88th General Assembly
Relating to telecoil assistive devices and including applicability provisions
Topics:Business & economy
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 24, 2019
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to telecoil assistive devices. The bill defines a telecoil assistive device as a tiny coil of wire around a core that supplements or replaces an input device within a hearing assistive device that will induce an electric current in the coil when it is in the presence of a magnetic field. The bill provides that at the time of receiving an order for a hearing assistive device, the consumer will be provided written information by the assistive device dealer or assistive device lessor related to a telecoil assistive device.
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The bill provides that the written information shall include the setting on the telecoil assistive device and the compatibility of the device with other assistive devices which are compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The bill requires that a copy of the written information signed by the consumer be retained by the assistive device dealer or assistive device manufacturer for the period corresponding to the number of years of warranty set out by the manufacturer. The bill applies to telecoil purchase orders received on or after September 1, 2019.