Bill
Number: S.B. 1056
Pace
Floor Amendment
Reference
to: printed bill
Amendment
drafted by: Konnor Smith
FLOOR
AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
·
Recasts
the definition of deafblind as a person:
a) who is deaf or hard of
hearing and who has a central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye
with corrective lenses, a field defect such that the peripheral diameter of
visual field subtends an angular distance no greater than 20 degrees or a progressive
visual loss having a prognosis leading to one or both conditions; and
b) for whom the
combination of the hearing and vision loss described affects the person's
ability to communicate and receive environmental information both visually and
auditorily.
Fifty-fourth Legislature Pace
Second
Regular Session S.B. 1056
PACE FLOOR AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1056
(Reference to printed bill)
Page 1, line
11, strike the colon
Line 12,
strike "(a)"; after
"hearing" insert "as
defined in this section"
Line 13,
strike "vision loss of varying degrees that"
insert "a central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the
better eye with corrective lenses, or a field defect such that the peripheral
diameter of visual field subtends an angular distance no greater than 20
degrees, or a progressive visual loss having a prognosis leading to one or both
these conditions, and for whom the combination of the hearing and vision
loss described"
Line 14,
after "environmental" insert "information both visually and auditorily"; strike "and auditory information"
Strike lines
15 and 16
Amend title to conform