KRS 12.290: Accessibility of state government services to deaf or hard -of-hearing

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 regula tions 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.