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must check for compliance with the programmatic, employment related and public accommodation
requirements of the ADA. In addition, contracts should include language to the effect that the contractor is
aware of and in compliance with the requirements of the ADA and its regulations. Contractors must be made
aware of the ADA requirements to ensure that they are in compliance. A contract’s failure to comply could
result in a state agency being held liable for a contractor’s licensee’s non-compliance.
Checklist:
Have you taken steps to ensure that appropriate agency personnel understand the ADA requirements as they
apply to contractors?
Yes_X____ No _____ NA _____ If you answered no, you must provide information and or training to
those personnel.
Do persons monitoring or auditing state funded programs check for compliance with the ADA?
Yes__X___ No _____ NA _____ If you answered no, steps must be taken to ensure that state funded
programs are checked for compliance with the programmatic, employment and public accommodation
requirements of the ADA.
Have you included language in agency contracts to ensure that contractors are aware of their obligations to
facilitate the participation of persons with disabilities in programs and activities they operate on behalf of the
agency?
Yes_X____ No _____ NA _____If you answered no, steps must be taken to include ADA related language
in all contracts.
Have you developed a procedure to disseminate information about the ADA to all contractors?
Yes_X____ No _____ NA _____If you answered no, you need to establish a procedure. Recognized
material on ADA compliance and implementation are the Technical Assistance Manuals for Titles I, II and
III (Included in your agency notebook) and the Uniform Federal Accessibility, Standards, available from the
U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board Procedures will be developed incorporating
relevant DAS procedures, if any, and disseminated to contractors.
Telephone Communication Background
Where a public entity communicates with applicants and beneficiaries by telephone, TDDs or equally
effective telecommunication systems are required to communicate with individuals with impaired speech or
hearing. Although a statewide relay service was recently implemented, those departments with extensive
telephone contact with the public are encouraged to have TDDs to provide access that is more immediate
than a relay service. Telephone emergency services, such as fire, police, ambulance and, modems. TDD and
relay service numbers must be published in the same manner as non-TDD numbers. Sign age concerning the
availability of TDD pay phones or other TDD required phones must also be posed in public locations.
Checklist:
Does your organization have a procedure for communicating effectively over the telephone with hearingimpaired
persons?
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