Sec. 11. Rules of construction
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Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the scope of obligations imposed by any other provision of law, including— section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ( 29 U.S.C. 794 ), title II or III of the ADA ( 42 U.S.C. 12131 et seq. ), and section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18116 ), that, consistent with this Act, prohibits an exclusion, denial, or any other discrimination described in section 4(a) by a covered entity, including any public accommodation, whether or not the entity has a physical location or is digital only, and whether or not such exclusion, denial, or discrimination takes place in a physical or digital location; and section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ( 29 U.S.C. 794d ) and section 255 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 255 ).
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to invalidate or limit the remedies, rights, and procedures of any Federal law or law of any State or political subdivision of any State or jurisdiction, that provides greater or equal protection for the rights of individuals with disabilities than is afforded by this Act. Regulations promulgated under this Act shall be consistent with, and shall not contain a standard less protective of individuals with disabilities than, the standards contained in— any regulations issued by the Attorney General or the Commission pursuant to— title I of the ADA ( 42 U.S.C. 12111 et seq. ) for digital access to an item related to an activity described in section 102 of the ADA ( 42 U.S.C. 12112 ), by covered entities; title II of the ADA ( 42 U.S.C. 12131 et seq. ) for digital access to services, programs, or activities, or information related to such services, programs, or activities of covered entities; or title III of the ADA ( 42 U.S.C. 12181 et seq. ) for digital access to goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, accommodations, or information related to such goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of covered entities; and the regulations issued by the Federal Communications Commission for video programming and communications services provided via websites and applications.
The Attorney General and the Commission shall not include, in the accessibility regulations, any requirement that an individual shall notify a covered entity of an allegation of a violation of this Act prior to commencing a civil action under this Act.
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