Minnesota Legislature
Required closed captioning in medical facilities passes House
Sponsored by Rep. Brian Daniels (R-Faribault) and Sen. Alice Johnson (DFL-Blaine), HF2742/SF2603*, also known as “The closed captioning bill,” would require medical facilities to have closed captioning displayed on all public TV sets.
Passed 133-0 by the House Thursday, it now heads to the governor. It was passed 64-0 by the Senate May 11.
“Without closed captioning, [people who are deaf] can sometimes have no idea what is happening,” Daniels said.
According to the bill, any TV in a medical facility waiting room used by the general public, would need to have a closed captioning feature activated at all times (if the TV has a captioning feature).
The facility would be required to make reasonable efforts to prevent members of the public from independently deactivating a captioning feature. If the feature is deactivated, facility staff would be required to reactivate it as soon as practicable.
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