Rhode Island § 40-9-10.1 § 40-9-10.1. Telephone access to information programs.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 40-9-10.1 — § 40-9-10.1. Telephone access to information programs.

Rhode Island § 40-9-10.1

Title 40Human services

Ch. 40-9Services for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 40-9-10.1 (2026).

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§ 40-9-10.1. Telephone access to information programs.
(a) The department of human services shall establish, administer, and promote an adaptive
            telephone equipment loan program. The department of human services, with the assistance
            of the state's adaptive telephone equipment loan program committee, established pursuant
            to § 39-23-1, shall also develop the appropriate rules, regulations, and service standards necessary
            to implement the provisions of this subsection.
         
(b) The department of human services shall establish, administer, and promote a program
            to provide telephone access to the text of newspaper pr

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§ 40-9-10.1. Telephone access to information programs.

(a) The department of human services shall establish, administer, and promote an adaptive telephone equipment loan program. The department of human services, with the assistance of the state's adaptive telephone equipment loan program committee, established pursuant to § 39-23-1, shall also develop the appropriate rules, regulations, and service standards necessary to implement the provisions of this subsection.

(b) The department of human services shall establish, administer, and promote a program to provide telephone access to the text of newspaper programs to residents who are blind, deaf/blind, visually impaired, or reading impaired with a single-party telephone line. The department of human services, with the assistance of the governor's advisory council for the blind, shall also develop the appropriate rules, regulations, and service standards necessary to implement the provisions of this subsection.