50 ILCS 750/6.1

(50 ILCS 750/6.1) (from Ch. 134, par. 36.1)

Sec. 6.1. The Commission shall require that every 9-1-1 system be readily accessible to hearing-impaired and voice-impaired individuals through the use of telecommunications technology for hearing-impaired and speech-impaired individuals.

As used in this Section:

"Hearing-impaired individual" means a person with a permanent hearing loss who can regularly and routinely communicate by telephone only through the aid of devices which can send and receive written messages over the telephone network.

"Voice-impaired individual" means a person with a permanent speech disability which precludes oral communication, who can regularly and routinely communicate by telephone only through the aid of devices which can send and receive written messages over the telephone network.

"Telecommunications technology" means equipment that can send and receive written messages over the telephone network.

(Source: P.A. 87-146.)