The ADA also requires the Department to conduct periodic compliance reviews of public accommodations. 42 U.S.C. § 12188(b)(1)(A)(i). 10. ...
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B. JURISDICTION
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Serving People with Disabilities in the Most Integrated Setting: Community Living and Olmstead
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) plays a pivotal role in supporting the Olmstead decision and promoting community living through our vigorous enforcement...
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Section 35.151(b) Alterations (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department's proposed rule would amend § 35.151(b)(2) to make clear that the path of travel requirements of § 35.151(b)(4) do not apply to measures taken solely to comply with program...
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II. Statutory and Regulatory Background
The Department implemented the Act by a final rule published January 23, 1989 (54 FR 3232), and which became effective on March 12, 1989....
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Line of Sight and Dispersion of Wheelchair Spaces in Assembly Areas
In 1994, the Department issued official guidance interpreting the requirement for comparable lines of sight in the 1991 Standards to mean wheelchair spaces and companion seats in sports...
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B. Legal foundation for captioning and video description
It is the Department's view that the legislative history of the ADA and the Department's commentary in the preamble to the 1991 regulation make clear that Congress was not requiring open...
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Sections §§ 35.108(d)(1)(vii) and 36.105(d)(1)(vii)—Comparison of Individual’s Performance of Major Life Activity Usually Will Not Require Scientific, Medical, or Statistical Analysis
The Department received several comments in support of these provisions and a number of comments opposing all or part of them....
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Section 36.303 Auxiliary Aids and Services (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
The Department has added videotext displays, computer-aided transcription services, and open and closed captioning to the list of examples....
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Section 36.207 Places of Public Accommodation Located in Private Residences (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
Thus, the ADA would apply to any door or entry way, hallways, a restroom, if used by customers and clients; and any other portion of the residence, interior or exterior, used by customers...
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Annex B GOVERNMENT RESOURCES
Department of Transportation, which maintains a hotline for complaints: (202) 366-2220 (voice); (202) 366-0511 (TTY). Department of Education (http://www.ed.gov) The U.S....
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111.2 Certificate issued
After the building official inspects the building or structure and does not find violations of the provisions of this code or other laws that are enforced by the department of building safety...
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11B-224.7.2 Accessible dwelling units with adaptable features
Units with mobility features at housing at a place of education are required to comply with the standards for transient lodging in the ADAS by the United States Department of Justice (USDOJ...
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Other Federal Disability Rights Laws
For more information, see the Department of Justice publication called "A Guide to Disability Rights Laws."...
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Gangway Alterations
The Department of Justice has determined that it is not disproportionate to spend up to an additional 20 percent of the overall costs of alterations to the primary function area to make...
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About the Author
He worked for the Wisconsin and Illinois State Departments of Transportation and with an engineering consulting firm before joining the Forest Service in 1992....
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What are federal observers?
They are trained by OPM and by the Justice Department to watch, listen, and take careful notes of everything that happens inside the polling place during an election, and are also trained...
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Gangway Alterations
The Department of Justice has determined that it is not disproportionate to spend up to an additional 20 percent of the overall costs of alterations to the primary function areas to make...
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Can you provide recommended signage for ADA accessible spaces?
For projects within the public rights-of-way, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has several signs for EV charging in its California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control...
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Has there been consideration for electric vehicles being parked in valet mode that could share EVSE and meet the equivalent EVSE option? This could reduce the cost of construction and major electrical upgrades.
DSA encourages designers to consult with jurisdictional building officials (primarily city- and county building departments) whenever there is a question of code interpretation or application...
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§27.72(c)
The agreement shall be made available, on request, to representatives of the Department of Transportation....
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Modification in policies, practices, or procedures.
In order to clarify this provision, the Department is incorporating into the proposed regulation guidance that it has provided previously through technical assistance....
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V. Discussion of Principal Public Comment Issues, and Section-by-Section Analysis of the Final Guidelines
The following presents a discussion of the principal issues raised by the commenters, and the Department's response to each issue....
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§8.57(b) Noncompliance with §8.50
The Department is not required to provide assistance during the pendency of the administrative proceeding under such paragraph (c), except where the assistance is due and payable under a...
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§8.55(b) Compliance reports
In general, recipients should have available for the Department data showing the extent to which individuals with handicaps are beneficiaries of federally assisted programs....