December 17, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Phelps, Brinks, Yanez, Faris, Howrylak, Chang, Singh, Plawecki, Hoadley, Rutledge, Talabi, Love, Chirkun, Derek Miller, Glenn, Wittenberg, Schor, Moss, Guerra, Durhal, Santana, LaFontaine, Sarah Roberts, Maturen, LaVoy, Zemke, Garrett, Cochran, Irwin, Dianda, Brunner, Darany, Liberati, Gay-Dagnogo, Pagan, Neeley, Kosowski, Smiley, Callton, Graves, Price, Crawford, Hooker, Pagel, Bizon, Inman, Lucido, Runestad, Vaupel, Garcia, Cox and Aaron Miller and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1937 PA 72, entitled
"Division on deafness act,"
by amending section 4 (MCL 408.204), as amended by 1988 PA 434.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 4. (1) Under the supervision of the department, the
division shall do all of the following:
(a)
Advocate for deaf, deafblind, and
hard of hearing impaired
persons who encounter communication and other difficulties in
employment, education, public accommodation, public service, and
housing.
(b) Work closely with all public and privately funded
organizations that provide developmental, educational, financial,
preventative, protective, placement, recreational, rehabilitative,
or
health services to deaf,
deafblind, and hard of hearing impaired
persons.
(c) Encourage providers of services to deaf, deafblind, and
hard
of hearing impaired persons to
improve the quality and
coordination of their delivery systems.
(d) Provide information on deafness to deaf, deafblind, and
hard
of hearing impaired persons and
the public.
(e) Provide information and referral services to deaf,
deafblind,
and hard of hearing impaired persons
to insure ensure
that their rights are protected.
(f) Provide information to deaf, deafblind, and hard of
hearing
impaired persons on programs and services provided for them
by each level of government.
(g) Promote new services, when necessary, for deaf, deafblind,
and
hard of hearing impaired persons.
(h) Sponsor or cosponsor conferences, workshops, or seminars
to
educate deaf, deafblind, and hard
of hearing impaired persons
and the public about deafness.
(i) Maintain statistics, facts, and data pertaining to deaf,
deafblind,
and hard of hearing impaired persons
of all ages and
degrees of hearing loss.
(j) Provide technical assistance to state agencies and the
public regarding communication accessibility for deaf, deafblind,
and
hard of hearing impaired persons.
(k)
Provide direct interpreter services to Coordinate with
state agencies, the legislature, and the governor on requests for
direct interpreter services.
(l) Fulfill its duties under the deaf persons' interpreters
act,
Act No. 204 of the Public Acts of 1982, being sections 393.501
to
393.509 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.1982 PA 204, MCL 393.501
to 393.509.
(2) The division may assess reasonable fees for conferences
sponsored or cosponsored by the division, the use of materials
developed by the division, and for services provided by the
division.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.