The Assistant Director for Human Resources/Development (HR/D) is responsible for approval/denial of each reasonable accommodation decision involving candidates for employment, to ensure that accommodations are appropriate, lawful and do not constitute a direct threat to the Department's operations.

The ADA Division Liaison is responsible for coordinating the implementation of ADA-related issues within that Division.

An Assistant Deputy Warden designated at each complex/institution to be the ADA Institutional Liaison is responsible for coordinating the implementation of all ADA-related issues at the complex/institution.

The Personnel Services Bureau Administrator and/or other hiring authorities are responsible for advising applicants/employees with disabilities that reasonable accommodations are available to assist them with employment services.

Candidates and employees are responsible for informing hiring authorities when accommodations are needed.

The Deputy Director for Health Services is authorized to override an inmate's request to waive transfer to an ADA-accessible facility, and to revoke a previously approved waiver.

All employees are reminded that extra-curricular activities that are not mandatory but related to the job function must be ADA accessible.

1.1 In coordination with the ADA Coordinator, or Warden in the case of inmates and visitors, and consistent with security requirements, provide equal opportunity and access through reasonable accommodation, in settings that are as integrated as possible, to all recipients of their function's services, programs and activities, including individuals with disabilities, i.e., employees, inmates, visitors, vendors and contractors, provided that:

1.1.1 Permitting equal opportunity and access through reasonable accommodation will not result in a fundamental alteration of a service, program or activity.

1.1.2 Permitting equal opportunity and access through reasonable accommodation will not result in undue financial and/or administrative burden.

1.2 Coordinate with the Employee Relations Officer when responding to requests for equal opportunity and access through reasonable accommodation for employees, that have been documented on a Request for Reasonable Accommodation, Form 70501231.

1.3 Coordinate with the ADA Coordinator when responding to requests for equal opportunity and access through reasonable accommodation for inmates, visitors and persons other than employees.

1.4 Provide applicants, employees, vendors and contractors, including individuals with disabilities, equal opportunity and access to employment and employee-related services, with reasonable accommodations that have been approved by the Assistant Director for HR/D.

1.4.1 All requests for reasonable accommodation by applicants, employees, vendors and contractors shall be forwarded to the Assistant Director for HR/D, with a recommended resolution when appropriate.

1.4.2 The Assistant Director for HR/D shall ensure that permitting equal opportunity and access through reasonable accommodation shall not result in undue hardship or a direct threat.

1.5 Provide visitors, vendors and contractors, including individuals with disabilities, equal access to services and facilities, consistent with security requirements.

1.6 Ensure that newly constructed buildings, facilities, leased buildings or relocated programs, services, and processes are free of architectural and communication barriers that restrict access or use by individuals with disabilities.

1.7 Document, in Section D of the Request for Reasonable Accommodation form, all actions with respect to requests for equal opportunity and access through reasonable accommodation.

1.8 Post Attachment A, ADA Notice, in all public access areas, on employee bulletin boards, and at all facilities and program areas designated as accessible for inmates with disabilities.

1.9 Ensure that Attachment A, ADA Notice, appears in each of the items listed in Attachment B, Notification of ADA Requirements, and any other publications where such notice may be required, in order to notify the public that the Department accommodates the public in accordance with ADA.

1.10 Ensure that Attachment A, ADA Notice, complies with ADA Title II requirements for effective communication by being published and/or presented in alternative formats when appropriate.

1.1.1 Consistent with security requirements, provide or allow auxiliary aids and services to individuals with disabilities to enable them to communicate effectively and to participate in or to receive services, programs, and activities, provided that doing so will not result in undue hardship or cause a fundamental alteration to a service, program or activity.

1.1.2 Give primary consideration to the requests of individuals with disabilities.

1.1.2.1 If a request cannot be accommodated, the ADA Coordinator shall be contacted for advice and technical assistance.

1.1.3 Make appropriate auxiliary aids available for hearing-impaired staff, visitors, vendors and contractors.

1.1.4 Make appropriate auxiliary aids available for inmates at designated ADA facilities, special services beds and complexes.

1.1.5 At ADA-accessible institutions, make Telephonic Devices for the Deaf (TDD) available for hearing impaired staff, inmates and visitors.

1.1.5.1 At institutions that are not designated as ADA-accessible, the TDDs shall not be available to inmates, including those who have signed the waiver.

1.2 Interpreters shall be provided for all processes within the Department when necessary.

1.3 Inmates with disabilities shall be afforded opportunity to participate in available services, programs and activities.

1.4 ADA-qualified inmates shall be eligible to apply for work, provided that their participation does not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of themselves or others.

1.2 The characters and background of signs shall be eggshell, matte, or other non-glare finish.

1.2.1 Characters and symbols shall contrast with their background, either light characters on a dark background or dark characters on a light background.

1.3 Where permanent identification is provided for rooms and spaces, signs shall be installed on the wall adjacent to the latch side of the door.

1.3.1 Where there is no wall space next to the latch side of the door, including at double leaf doors, signs shall be placed on the nearest adjacent wall.

1.1 For facilities operated and controlled by the Department, the identification of barriers shall be on a building-by-building, institution basis. The identified barriers shall be given an identification number.

1.2 For facilities operated and controlled by the Department of Administration (DOA), the identification of barriers shall be based on information shown on the State's Land and Building System (LABS) report. The barriers shall be given a unique identification number.

1.2.1 The programs and facilities under this category are the responsibility of DOA. The Department shall work with DOA to identify the barriers and assist with their removal.

1.3 For facilities leased by the Department from private owners, the identification of barriers shall be accomplished through contact with the owners and through separate reviews of each facility by Department staff.

1.4 Facilities that were designed, constructed, leased or altered after June 26, 1992, shall be accessible and usable by persons with disabilities, and shall conform to the accessibility standards of the ADA Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities, which are contained in Appendix A to Part 36-Standards for Accessible Design.

1.5 Alterations to existing buildings shall comply with the guidelines, except where technically infeasible, such as situations in which a physical or site restraint prevents compliance, or where compliance would require removal of a load-bearing part of a structure.

1.1.1 Perform an assessment and identify inmates who meet the designated criteria for transfer/ placement of disabled inmates (see Attachment C, Criteria for Transfer/Placement of Disabled Inmates), and determine if the inmate wishes to voluntarily sign a Waiver of Liability by an Inmate with a Disability, Form 40100066.

1.1.2 Assign a medical and health care needs (M) score.

1.1.3 Ensure that the M score and related disability needs information (including the waiver, if signed by the inmate) are relayed to the Offender Services Bureau and to the Medical Records Librarian.

1.1.4 Enter the disability needs information on the problem list of the inmate's medical/mental health record.

1.2 The Offender Services Bureau Administrator or designee shall, unless the inmate has signed the Waiver of Liability by an Inmate With a Disability form, approve transfer of the inmate from the reception center to the appropriate ADA-accessible facility, consistent with the inmate's M score and security level, as follows:

1.2.1 ASPC-Eyman, Rynning Unit: Level 4 male inmates (12 cells).

1.2.2 ASPC-Eyman, Special Management Unit: Level 5 male inmates (4 cells).

1.2.3 ASPC-Florence, East Unit: Level 2 male inmates (70 beds).

1.2.4 ASPC-Florence, South Unit: Level 3 male inmates (18 beds).

1.2.5 ASPC-Phoenix, Arizona Center for Women: Levels 2 and 3 female inmates (4 rooms).

1.2.6 ASPC-Perryville, Santa Maria Unit: Levels 4 and 5 female inmates (12 cells).

1.2.7 ASPC-Tucson, Manzanita Unit: Level 3 female inmates (24 beds).

1.2.8 ASPC-Tucson, Winchester: Level 3 male inmates (25 beds) for those involved in substance abuse programs.

1.2.9 ASP-Phoenix West (private community treatment): Level 2 (P-2 and I-2, or lower) male inmates (50 beds).

1.2.10 Marana Community Correctional Treatment Facility (private community treatment): Level 2 (P-2 and I-2, or lower) female inmates (32 beds).

1.2.11 Marana Community Correctional Treatment Facility (private community treatment): Level 2 (P-2 and I-2, or lower) male inmates (48 beds).

1.3 The Medical Records Librarian shall enter the M score into the AIMS Offender Comments screen and indicate that this is an inmate with disabilities and file the Waiver of Liability by an Inmate with a Disability in the inmate's health record.

1.1 Processing staff shall ensure that inmates understand orientation materials that are read aloud.

1.2 Deaf inmates shall receive a translation of orientation materials in sign language.

1.3 ADA qualified inmates who use wheelchairs shall be transported in appropriately equipped vehicles.

1.1.1 Perform a chart review and ensure that the inmate has all current medications.

1.1.2 Complete a nursing assessment within 24 hours after the inmate arrives.

1.1.3 Because of the inmate's special needs, instruct the inmate on how to obtain health care services, and document this instruction in the medical record.

1.1.4 Ensure that the inmate is scheduled to see the health care provider, for continuity of care, within 14 workdays after arrival at the new facility.

1.2 When reassessing and reevaluating an institutional assignment, the following actions shall occur.

1.2.1 A health care provider shall:

1.2.1.1 On a case-by-case basis, and in order to follow-up on a chronic condition, perform at least a quarterly reassessment of the needs of each inmate with disabilities, and reevaluate the M score.

1.2.1.2 Assign a revised M score, if appropriate.

1.2.1.3 Immediately notify the Correctional Nursing Supervisor if the M score is revised and reassessment and reevaluation reveal that the special bed or housing placement for the disabled inmate is no longer appropriate.

1.2.1.4 Enter the revised disability needs information on the problem list of the inmate's medical/mental health record.

1.2.1.5 Ensure that the revised M score and related disability needs information is relayed to the Medical Records Librarian.

1.2.2 Immediately after receiving the revised M score and related disability needs information from the health care provider, the Correctional Nursing Supervisor shall notify the Assistant Director for Health Services or the Nursing Program Manager.

1.2.3 The Assistant Director for Health Services or the Nursing Program Manager shall complete the Inmate Transfer for Medical Reasons, Form 70400191, and then forward it to the Offender Services Bureau (unless the inmate signs or has previously signed a Waiver of Liability by an Inmate with a Disability form).

1.2.4 The Offender Services Bureau Administrator shall ensure that the inmate is appropriately assigned.

1.2.4.1 Inmates who have signed the Waiver of Liability by an Inmate with a Disability form shall not be transferred for the sole purpose of accommodating the inmate's disability.

1.2.5 The Medical Records Librarian shall enter the revised M score into the AIMS Offender Comments screen and indicate that this is or was an inmate with disabilities.

1.2 Institutional staff may also request a reassessment via the Facility Health Administrator (FHA).

1.2.1 The FHA shall notify the Nursing Supervisor of the need for the assessment.

1.3 Within seven workdays after the inmate with disabilities is identified or the request is received, a Health Care Provider or Correctional Nursing Supervisor shall assess the inmate and complete the Functional Assessment, Form 70400190, and shall:

1.3.1 Determine whether the inmate meets the mental status criteria.

1.3.2 Determine if the inmate has a disability that requires the inmate to be transferred to an ADA-accessible facility, and whether or not the inmate has signed or wishes to voluntarily sign a Waiver of Liability by an Inmate with a Disability form.

1.3.3 Immediately after completing the assessment, forward all related documentation to the Nursing Program Manager or designee.

1.4 Upon receipt of all substantiating documentation, the Nursing Program Manager or designee shall:

1.4.1 Review all substantiating documentation for transfer to ascertain that criteria are met.

1.4.2 Complete an Inmate Transfer for Medical Reasons form (unless the inmate has signed the Waiver of Liability by an Inmate with a Disability form) and then consult with the Assistant Director for Health Services for approval.

1.4.3 Upon approval, forward the request to the Offender Services Bureau.

1.2 Except as provided in 108.01, concerns or requests for information regarding an area's/institution's/ division's compliance with ADA shall be forwarded to the appropriate ADA Liaison, who shall ensure that the facts of the situation and recommended action are provided to the Warden/Assistant Director/Deputy Director.

1.2.1 Inmates and visitors with disabilities shall be invited to make their needs and preferences known to the ADA Coordinator if their accommodations (including but not limited to auxiliary aids in programs, services or processes) or their concerns or requests for information regarding an area's/institution's/division's compliance with ADA were not resolved by the Warden/Assistant Director/Deputy Director in accordance with this section.

1.2.2 Individuals (including inmates) who wish to review or provide input to the Title II self-survey or the ADA Transition Plan shall also be invited to make their needs and preferences known to the ADA Coordinator.

1.1 Complaints shall be in writing and contain information about the alleged discrimination, such as name, address, phone number of the complainant and the location, date and description of the problem.

1.2 Alternate means of filing complaints, such as personal interviews or a tape recording of the complaint, shall be made available for persons with disabilities, upon request.

1.3 The complainant shall submit the complaint to the ADA Coordinator (see Attachment A, ADA Notice), as soon as possible but no later than 60 calendar days after the alleged violation.

1.3.1 Within 15 calendar days after receipt of the complaint, the ADA Coordinator shall meet with the complainant to discuss the complaint and possible resolutions.

1.3.2 Within 15 calendar days after the meeting, the ADA Coordinator shall respond in writing, and, where appropriate, in a format accessible to the complainant, such as large print, Braille, or audio tape.

1.3.2.1 The response shall explain the Department's position and offer options for resolution of the complaint.

1.3.3 If the response by the ADA Coordinator does not satisfactorily resolve the issue, the complainant and/or designee may appeal the decision of the ADA Coordinator to the Director within 15 calendar days after receipt of the response.

1.3.4 Within 15 calendar days after receipt of the appeal, the Director and/or designee shall investigate the complaint and meet with the complainant to discuss the complaint and possible resolutions.

1.3.5 Within 15 calendar days after the meeting, the Director and/or designee shall respond in writing, and, where appropriate, in a format accessible to the complainant, with a final resolution of the complaint.

1.3.5.1 Files of all written complaints, and all appeals to and responses from the Director, shall be retained for three years.

1.2 Each Deputy Director, Assistant Director, Regional Operations Director and Warden shall ensure that ADA Liaisons receive ADA-related training.

FORMS LIST

40100066, Waiver of Liability by an Inmate with a Disability

70400190, Functional Assessment

70400191, Inmate Transfer for Medical Reasons

70501231, Request for Reasonable Accommodation

ADA DIVISION LIAISON - An employee who is knowledgeable about ADA requirements and who is designated by the Deputy Director/Assistant Director to be responsible for coordinating ADA activities within his or her Division/area.

ADA INSTITUTION LIAISON - A Deputy Warden or Assistant Deputy Warden who is knowledgeable about ADA requirements and who is designated by the Warden to be responsible for coordinating ADA activities within the institution.

ADA TRANSITION PLAN - The document that describes the Department's plan, under direction of the ADA Coordinator, to train staff at institutions in methods to conduct a self-survey of existing facilities; identify physical barriers that must be removed to meet ADA requirements; remove barriers to programs, services and processes in accordance with ADA requirements; and generate capital budget requests to correct the deficiencies cited.

AUXILIARY AIDS AND SERVICES - Assistance, which varies from case to case, that enables a person with a disability to perform a job. Such assistance may be a qualified interpreter, qualified reader, note-taker, taped text, transcription service, modification of equipment, relay service, TDD large print, braille, written material, telephone amplifier, listening system, open and closed captioning, audio recording, computer terminal, speech synthesizer, or communication board.

CANDIDATE - An applicant with a disability who has received a conditional job offer, or an employee with a disability who has applied for a promotion, lateral transfer or voluntary grade decrease.

DIRECT THREAT - A present condition or disability that poses a significant risk to the health or safety of oneself or others, and which prevents one from performing the essential functions of a position or participating in a program, service, or activity at a safe level, with or without reasonable accommodation.

DISABILITY - A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a record of such an impairment, or being regarded as having such an impairment.

EMPLOYEE WITH A DISABILITY - A person with a disability in any employment status.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTION - A fundamental or material job duty, distinguished from a nonessential or peripheral duty.

FACILITY - A building or site owned, leased, used or controlled by the Department.

HEALTH CARE PROVIDER (Physician, Practitioner) - Includes the following providers if they are authorized to practice in the State and are certified to perform within the scope of their practice as defined under State law:

• Doctors of medicine or osteopathy.

• Podiatrists, dentists, clinical psychologists, optometrists and chiropractors (limited to treatment consisting of manual manipulation of the spine to correct a subluxation as demonstrated by X-ray to exist).

• Nurse practitioners and nurse-midwives.

• Christian Science practitioners listed with the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts. When an employee is receiving treatment from a Christian Science Practitioner, an employee may not object to any requirement from the Department that the employee or family member submit to examination (though not treatment) to obtain a second or third certification from a health care provider other than a Christian Science practitioner.

HIRING AUTHORITY - Individuals to whom authority has been delegated to offer employment to qualified candidates, or to approve a lateral transfer, promotion or voluntary grade decrease of qualified candidates, or to demote employees.

INMATES WITH A DISABILITY - Inmates who have been identified by health staff to have a disability, based on an assessment and/or reassessment of specific criteria.

KEY CONTACT PHYSICIAN - The Department's lead physician at a correctional institution.

MAJOR LIFE ACTIVITY - Functions such as caring for oneself, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning and working.

MEDICAL INFORMATION - Confidential medical diagnoses, test results, interpretations of health conditions, or the nature of an employee's disability. (Examples of non-medical information are restrictions or limitations placed on an employee; descriptions of accommodations needed to do a job; and clearance to return to work, if such clearance does not contain a medical diagnosis.)

MENTAL STATUS CRITERIA - Factors used to determine whether an inmate is alert; oriented to time, place and person; and psychologically stable.

PROCESSES - Activities in which inmates may be required to participate that generally involve due process considerations, and which include but are not limited to discipline, classification, grievance procedure, release and/or revocation hearings, and urinalysis screening (releasee only).

PROGRAMS - Activities made available by the Department to inmates for the purpose of changing the inmates' behavior patterns or enhancing their quality of life, including but not limited to education, adult basic education/English as a second language/General Equivalency Diploma, post-secondary education, vocational, treatment, Sex Offender Treatment Program, substance abuse programs, individual transition programming (releasee only), job development, general library, recreation, religion, counseling, clubs, and hobbycraft.

QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY - A person with a disability who, with or without reasonable accommodation, can perform essential job functions required by the Department in the position such individual holds or desires. A person is considered qualified if the person has the required skills, experience, education, and/or other job-related requirements of the position, and if, with or without reasonable accommodation, the person can perform the essential functions of the position.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION (TITLE I) - A change or modification that enables an individual with a disability to enjoy equal opportunity and/or access. Accommodations may include job restructuring; a modified work schedule; reassignment to a vacant position for which an individual qualifies; reassignment to an accessible facility; delivery of services to an accessible site; provision or modification of equipment or devices; adjustment or modification of standards, qualifications, criteria, tests, training materials, or written instructions, provided fundamental alteration will not result from the modification; provision of qualified readers or interpreters; reallocation of nonessential job functions; and unpaid leave.

• Reasonable accommodation is required for persons with known disabilities. The Department is not required to provide the "best" or "most desired" accommodation, but is obligated to sufficiently accommodate so as to meet either employment or accessibility needs.

• Reasonable accommodation is subject to review if work demands dictate a change in operational procedures or worksite location.

• Reasonable accommodation is subject to reevaluation each time an employee with a disability requests to promote, laterally transfer, or accept a voluntary grade decrease, or is demoted to another position.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION (TITLE II) - A change or modification that provides inmates with a disability equal access to facilities, programs, services and processes. Accommodations shall include reassignment of an inmate to a designated ADA facility, modification of equipment, TDDs and/or communications assistance, that shall not result in fundamental alterations. Accommodations shall also include a change or modification that provides staff equal access to facilities and staff job-related services, and provides the public at-large equal access to visitation and other legitimate business-related access to facilities. Reasonable accommodation is required for persons with known disabilities. The Department is not required to provide the "best" or most desired accommodation, but is obligated to sufficiently accommodate so as to meet accessibility needs.

RECORD OF IMPAIRMENT - A prior physical or mental disorder that no longer exists, such as cancer or depression, or that no longer qualifies as a disability but is still perceived and/or classified as a disability.

REGARDED AS HAVING AN IMPAIRMENT - An individual who has a physical or mental impairment that does not substantially limit a major life activity, but who is regarded because of attitudes of others towards impairment or for other reasons as though he/she does, such as controlled high blood pressure, controlled epilepsy, prior heart ailments, presumption of or known Human Immuno-deficiency Virus/Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome risk, or disfigurement.

REQUEST FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION - A request by a candidate/employee with a disability for the Assistant Director for HR/D to approve a reasonable accommodation. Each time that a candidate/employee with a disability wishes to request reasonable accommodation, the review process is required, and is to be documented.

SERVICES - Activities for inmates that are mandated by law or court order, or otherwise provided as a benefit, that include but are not limited to food services, medical services, law library, commissary, property, barber, visitation, attorney visits, mail, telephone, legal calls, and laundry. Services shall also include job-related activities for staff, such as training, and visitation or other legitimate business-related access to facilities for the public at large.

SUBSTANTIALLY LIMITS - A condition that renders an individual unable to perform a major life activity that the average person in the general population can perform, or significantly restricts the condition, manner or duration under which a major life activity can be performed.

UNDUE HARDSHIP - An action that would require significant difficulty or expense, or that would fundamentally alter the nature or operation of a program, service or activity. "Significant difficulty" does not include the accommodation's impact on employee morale.

A.R.S. 38-741 et seq, Arizona State Retirement System.

A.R.S. 38-881 et seq, Correctional Officer Retirement Plan; Membership; Credited Service.

A.R.S. 41-1492 et seq, Public Accommodation and Services (Americans With Disabilities Act of 1992).

A.R.S. 41-1661 et seq, Correctional Officer Training Standards.

A.R.S. 41-1821 et seq, Peace Officer Standards and Training Board.

Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, Titles I-V.

8 C.F.R. Part 35.130 et seq, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by State and Local Government Services.

Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.

U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Architectural Barriers Act of 1968.

Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

A.A.C. R13-4-201 et seq, Peace Officer Standards and Training Board.

INSTITUTIONAL (OR DIVISION) ADA LIAISON

Name:

Title:

Office Address:

Telephone Number:

Fax Number:

Days/Hours Available: Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

DEPARTMENT ADA COORDINATOR

Individuals with additional questions, concerns, complaints, or requests for information regarding this Institution's (or Division's) compliance with ADA, or who wish to review or provide input into the Title II self-survey or the ADA Transition Plan, may forward their requests to the Department's ADA Coordinator. Individuals with disabilities who need accommodations, including but not limited to auxiliary aids for effective communication or participation in programs, services or processes, are invited to make their needs and preferences known to the ADA Coordinator.

Name: Office of the Deputy Director of Administration

Title: Executive Administrator

Office Address: Arizona Department of Corrections

1601 West Jefferson Street

Phoenix, Arizona 85007

Telephone Number: (602) 542-5497

Fax Number: (602) 542-2859

TDD: Arizona Relay Services

1 (800) 367-8939

1 (800) 842-4681 (voice)

Days/Hours Available: Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

This notice is provided as required by Title II of the Americans With Disabilities Act.

REVISED April 14, 2000

These documents are available in alternate formats upon request.

Persons with a disability may request reasonable accommodation, such as a sign language interpreter, by contacting the Department. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow time to arrange the accommodation.

INDIVIDUAL MEANS OF COMMUNICATION

Directions newsletters

System of Written Instructions

Announcements at meetings and in memos

Inmates Inmate Handbook

Posting at all institutions and parole offices

Announcements

Inmate institutional newspaper

Program activities - ADA designated institutions

Newspaper advertisements

Applicants or Potential Applicants Inclusion with application

Posting of the ADA notice on job boards

Public service announcements

Public Newspaper legal notice

Posting at Central Office, institutions and parole offices

Public service announcements

Brochures, pamphlets, manuals

Visitation

Public access areas at institutions

Correctional Officer Training Academy

Training rooms

REVISED 4/14/97

DMO 94-09, Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance (except for sections 6.4 through 6.7, addressing current employees) (03/28/94)

DMO 94-25, Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance (Title II) (12/24/94)