§ 8-603
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§8–603.
(a)There is a permanent Hearing Aid and Language and Communication Video Loan Bank in the Department.
(b)The Program shall provide and maintain:
(1)A pool of hearing aids in the Loan Bank to lend to a parent or legal guardian of an eligible individual who has no immediate access to a hearing aid;
(2)Testing and programming equipment for hearing aids in the Loan Bank;
(3)Supplies for repair and reconditioning of hearing aids in the Loan Bank; and
(4)Language and communication videos to be loaned to a parent or legal guardian of an eligible individual and resources that may be downloaded from a website that provide:
(i)Unbiased information about language and communication options to use with a deaf or hard of hearing child; and
(ii)Instruction on learning the language or communication options in item
(i)of this item.
(1)The Governor shall include in the State budget an appropriation to the Program of:
(i)$5,000 in fiscal year 2021; and
(ii)$300 in fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter.
(2)The appropriation in paragraph
(1)of this subsection shall be used to satisfy the requirement in subsection (b)(4) of this section.