With the advice of the commission on deaf services created in section 216A.113, the utilities commission may plan, establish, administer, and promote a program to secure, finance, and distribute telecommunications devices for the deaf and hard of hearing. The utilities commission may establish eligibility criteria for persons to receive telecommunications devices for the deaf and hard of hearing, including but not limited to requiring certification that the recipient cannot use the telephone for communication without a telecommunications device for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Section amended

91 Acts, ch 194, §4; 2020 Acts, ch 1102, §31; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369, 457; 2025 Acts, ch 30, §77

Referred to in §8F.2, 477C.6