KRS 61.984: Procurement of information technology -- Technology access contract clause

-- Alternative and nonvisual access standards.

The Finance and Administration Cabinet shall develop a technology access clause which

shall be in compliance with Section 255 of t he Federal Telecommunication Act of 1996

and with Section 508 of the Federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and shall

establish alternative, including nonvisual, access standards for use in the procurement of

information technology by covered entities in accordance with the following

requirements:

(1) The technology access clause shall require compliance with the standards

established under this section. Except as otherwise provided in KRS 61.986, the

technology access clause shall be included in all contracts entered into after July 14,

2000, for the procurement of information technology by, or for the use of, covered

entities.

(2) The alternative and nonvisual access standards shall include the specifications

necessary to meet the requirements of KRS 61. 982. The standards shall include the

following minimum specifications:

(a) Effective, interactive control and use of technology, including the operating

system, applications programs, and format of the data presented shall be

readily achievable by alternative and nonvisual means;

(b) The technology equipped for alternative and nonvisual access shall be

compatible with information technology used by other individuals with whom

the person with a disability, including the blind or visually impaired

individual, must interact;

(c) Alternative and nonvisual access technology shall be integrated into networks

used to share communications among employees, program participants, and

the public; and

(d) The technology for alternative or nonvisual access shall have the capability of

providing equivalent access by nonvisual or other alternative means to

telecommunications or other interconnected network services used by persons

who are not disabled.