Bill Text: WV HCR44 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Study regarding suitable physical, technological, and procedural accommodations for disabled persons in all buildings of the West Virginia State Capitol Complex

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-30 - To House Health and Human Resources [HCR44 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2020-HCR44-Introduced.html

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 44

(By Delegates Walker, Zukoff, Estep-Burton, Lavender-Bowe, Pyles, Summers, Rowan, Worrell, Storch, Lovejoy and Rodighiero)

[Introduced January 30, 2020]

 

Requesting the Department of Administration to conduct a comprehensive study and to report to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance regarding suitable physical, technological, and procedural accommodations for disabled persons in all buildings of the West Virginia State Capitol Complex.

Whereas, The Centers for Disease Control report that 39.2 percent of adults in West Virginia are adversely affected by some form of disability and the West Virginia Department of Education reports that 15.76 percent of West Virginia students, aged six to 21, have some form of disability requiring accommodation by the schools; and

Whereas, Article III, section 16 of the Constitution of West Virginia guarantees the right of all people to consult for the common good, to instruct their representatives, and to apply to their government for redress of grievances; and

Whereas, The people cannot properly benefit from, or exercise, this right when the public cannot communicate with their representatives and public servants because those representatives lack the tools and aids to address and respond to all members of the public; and        Whereas, This right is also impaired when the design, construction, and placement of public facilities and equipment, and the use of unsuitable materials, creates barriers to, or unnecessary hardships and negative effects for, disabled members of the public; and

Whereas, Federal laws, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, require the implementation of reasonable accommodations to facilitate the equal exercise of rights of all people to public services, programs, and activities; and

Whereas, Accommodations for disabled persons comprise a far broader range of adaptions than the construction of ramps and handrails, and can include adaptations in processes and the delivery of programs, technological aids, acoustical engineering, and specialized services of trained personnel; and

Whereas, The State of West Virginia has a solemn obligation to protect the rights of its people guaranteed under the Constitution and laws of this state and this nation; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Legislature hereby requests the Department of Administration to conduct a comprehensive study and to report to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance regarding suitable physical, technological and architectural accommodations for disabled persons in all buildings of the West Virginia State Capitol Complex; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates forward a copy of this resolution to the Secretary of Administration.

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