12.290 Accessibility of state government services to deaf or hard-of-hearing
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persons. Each department, program cabinet, and administrative body of state government shall promulgate administrative regulations to provide accessibility to all services by persons who are deaf or hard-of-hearing in compliance with federal mandates including 29 U.S.C. sec. 794, a part of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and 42 U.S.C. secs. 12101 et seq., a part of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990. The administrative regulations shall require that interpreter services be provided to persons who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, if those persons make a timely request for the services.