(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Board” means the Governor’s Advisory Board for Telecommunications Relay. (c) “Communications company” means a public service company, as defined in § 1–101 of the Public Utilities Article, or any other company, that provides a communications service. (d) “Communications service” means: (1) landline telephone service; (2) wireless or cellular telephone […]
There is a Governor’s Advisory Board for Telecommunications Relay in the Department.
(a) The Board shall be composed of 14 individuals appointed by the Governor, who shall designate the chair, including: (1) five representatives of the deaf or hard of hearing community; (2) one representative of the mobility–impaired community who requires the use of specialized customer telephone equipment; (3) one representative of the speech–impaired community who requires the use of specialized […]
(a) The Department in consultation with the Board shall: (1) establish and administer a program to provide cost–efficient, 24–hour, dual party relay service to program participants at a comparable level of access and quality that a standard telecommunication service provides to a person without a hearing or speech disability; (2) develop the program in collaboration with State programs […]
The Department in consultation with the Board shall adopt regulations to carry out the purposes of this subtitle.
(a) (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the programs under § 7–804(a) of this subtitle, § 7–902(a) of this title, and § 3A–702 of the State Finance and Procurement Article shall be funded as provided in the State budget. (2) For fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter, the program under § 3A–702 of the […]
