Bill > A03924

This bill amends the Public Officers Law to require public officers and public bodies to make reasonable efforts to provide qualified interpreters at no charge for the hearing impaired at public meetings and hearings upon written request. The bill also requires the installation and use of assistive listening devices in meeting rooms that accommodate more than 100 persons, as long as doing so does not impose an undue hardship on the public body. The term "assistive listening system" is defined to include various technologies designed to improve the transmission and auditory reception of sound for the deaf or hard of hearing.