PUBLIC LAW 103-218—MAR. 9, 1994 108 STAT. 59 ized representatives, to obtain funding for, and access to, assistive technology devices and assistive technology services. "(4) EXPENSES.— The State may pay for expenses, including travel expenses, and services, including services of qualified interpreters, readers, and personal care assistants, that may be necessary to ensure access to the comprehensive statewide program of technology-related assistance by individuals with disabilities who are determined by the State to be in financial need. "(5) STATEWIDE NEEDS ASSESSMENT. —The State may conduct a statewide needs assessment that may be based on data in existence on the date on which the assessment is initiated and may include— "(A) estimates of the numbers of individuals with disabilities within the State, categorized by residence, type and extent of disabilities, age, race, gender, and ethnicity; "(B) in the case of an assessment carried out under a development grant, a description of efforts, during the fiscal year preceding the first fiscal year for which the State received such a grant, to provide assistive technolo^ devices and assistive technology services to individuals wim disabilities within the State, including— "(i) the number of individuals with disabilities who received appropriate assistive technology devices and assistive technology services; and "(ii) a description of the devices and services provided; "(C) information on the number of individuals with disabilities who are in need of assistive technology devices and assistive technology services, and a description of the devices and services needed; "(D) information on the cost of providing assistive technolo^ devices and assistive technology services to all individuals with disabilities within the State who need such devices and services; "(E) a description of State and local public resources and private resources (including insurance) that are available to establish a consumer-responsive comprehensive statewide program of technology-related assistance; "(F) information identifying Federal and State laws, regulations, policies, practices, procedures, and organizational structures, that facilitate or interfere with the operation of a consumer-responsive comprehensive statewide program of technology-related assistance; "(G) a description of the procurement policies of the State and the extent to which such policies will ensure, to the extent practicable, that assistive technology devices purchased, leased, or otherwise acquired with assistance made available through a grant made under section 102 or 103 are compatible with other technology devices, including technology devices designed primarily for use by— "(i) individuals who are not individuals with disabilities; "(ii) individuals who are elderly; or " (iii) individuals with particular disabilities; and "(H) information resulting from an inquiry about whether a State agency or task force (composed of individ-
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