1. (a) In accordance with the State budget and § 7-806 of this title, the Department, in consultation with the Board, shall establish and administer a program:

   1. (1) to provide specialized customer telephone equipment to eligible program participants; and
   2. (2) to provide reimbursement of costs under § 7-906 of this subtitle.

2. (b)

   1. (1) In this subsection, “shopping facility” means an outdoor or indoor retail facility with a common pedestrian area housing more than five sales or rental establishments in which a majority of the tenants have a main entrance from the common pedestrian area.

   2. (2) This subsection applies to a shopping facility that:

      1. (i) provides a total number of four or more public pay telephones at the facility of which at least one is located in the common pedestrian area; and
      2. (ii) is larger than 500,000 square feet.
   3. (3) In accordance with the standards and regulations established by the Department, the owner, operator, manager, or other person having control of a shopping facility shall acquire and install at least one specialized communications device designed to enable customers with hearing or speech disabilities to access a telephone or wireless service providers network.

Added as State Finance and Procurement § 3A-602 by Acts 2008, c. 9, § 2, eff. July 1, 2008. Amended by Acts 2012, c. 571, § 1, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2012, c. 572, § 1, eff. July 1, 2012. Transferred to be Human Services § 7-902 by Acts 2020, c. 586, § 1, eff. July 1, 2020. Amended by Acts 2020, c. 586, § 2, eff. July 1, 2020.