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MI SB0694
Bill
AI Summary
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Changes the advisory council name from "advisory council on deafness" to "advisory council on deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing"
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Establishes definitions for deaf persons as those unable to process information aurally whose primary communication is visual or through lipreading, sign language, finger spelling, or reading
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Establishes definitions for deafblind persons as those with combined hearing and vision loss requiring specialized interpretation of spoken and written information
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Establishes definitions for hard of hearing persons as those with mild to profound hearing loss who use residual hearing, hearing aids, cochlear implants, or other communication strategies
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Transfers the division on deafness from the department of labor to the department of civil rights and renames it the "division on deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing"
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Effective date: September 22, 2016
Legislative Description
Disabilities; other; reference to "deaf, deafblind, and hearing impaired" in the department of civil rights; revise. Amends sec. 2 of 1937 PA 72 (MCL 408.202).
Disabilities: other
Last Action
Presented To Governor 6/14/2016 @ 12:12 Pm
9/6/2016