Montana Code 18-5-604. Procurement requirements
18-5-604. Procurement requirements. (1) The technology access clause, referred to in 18-5-603(3), must be developed by the department of administration and must require compliance with nonvisual access standards developed by the state. The access clause and the nondiscrimination language required in 49-3-207 must be inserted in all contracts for the procurement of information technology by, or for the use of, state agencies.
Terms Used In Montana Code 18-5-604
- Access: means the ability to receive, use, and manipulate data and operate controls included in information technology. See Montana Code 18-5-602
- Blind or visually impaired: means an individual who has:
(a)a visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with correcting lenses or has a limited field of vision so that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees;
(b)a medically indicated expectation of visual deterioration; or
(c)a medically diagnosed limitation in visual functioning that restricts the individual's ability to read and write standard print at levels expected of individuals of comparable ability. See Montana Code 18-5-602
- Information technology: means all electronic information processing hardware and software, including telecommunications. See Montana Code 18-5-602
- Nonvisual: means synthesized speech, Braille, and other output methods not requiring sight. See Montana Code 18-5-602
- Readily adaptable: means that all critical components of information may be rendered by the information technology in equivalent nonvisual formats and that the installation or operation of software or hardware adaptations for speech, Braille, or other nonvisual formats do not require extraordinary alterations to the information technology. See Montana Code 18-5-602
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- Telecommunications: means the transmission of information, images, pictures, voice, or data by radio, video, or other electronic or impulse means. See Montana Code 18-5-602
(2)The nonvisual access standards developed pursuant to subsection (1) must include specifications that are necessary to fulfill the assurances contained in 18-5-603 and must include the following minimum specifications:
(a)Effective, interactive control and use of the technology, including the operating system, applications programs, and format of the data presented, are readily adaptable to nonvisual means.
(b)The technology equipped for nonvisual access must be compatible with information technology used by other individuals with whom the blind or visually impaired individual may interact or exchange electronic information.
(c)Nonvisual access technology must be integrated into networks used to share communications among employees, program participants, and the public.
(d)The technology for nonvisual access must have the capability of providing equivalent access by nonvisual means to telecommunications or other interconnected network services used by persons who are not blind or visually impaired.