**DA 00-2740**

**Released: December 6, 2000**

Supplemental SUbmission Concerning the Payment Formula and Fund Size
Estimate For the Interstate Telecommuncations Relay Service fund for
JULY 2000 THROUGH JUNE 2001

**CC DOCKET NO. 90-571**

**Pleading Cycle Established**

**COMMENTS: December 19, 2000 REPLY COMMENTS: December 26, 2000**

On November 2, 2000 the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc.
(NECA) filed a supplemental submission in which it proposes increases to
the traditional telecommunications relay service (TRS) and video relay
service (VRS) reimbursement rates. It recommends increasing the
traditional TRS rate from \$1.282 to \$1.328 per completed interstate
conversation minute for the six-month period between January 1, 2001
through June 30, 2001. It also recommends increasing the VRS rate from
\$5.143 to \$5.539 per completed minute, effective October 2000 through
June 30, 2001. No change in the annual funding requirement is
anticipated; consequently the carrier contribution factor of 0.00073 has
not been revised.

On June 28, 2000, the Commission approved NECA's proposed TRS provider
payment formulae and fund size estimate for the period July 2000 through
June 2001[^1] Subsequent to the June Order, NECA provided TRS providers
with the opportunity to update their 2000 and 2001 projected cost data.
This permitted service providers to incorporate the impact of the new
service requirements established by the Commission's March 6, 2000
*Improved Services Order* in their projections.[^2] The *Improved
Services Order* instituted several changes in the provision of
telecommunications services for individuals with hearing and speech
disabilities including improved TRS standards and the encouragement of
Video Relay Services.

Interested parties may file comments concerning this matter on or before
December 19, 2000 and reply comments on or before December 26, 2000. All
filings must reference **CC Docket 90-571.** Two copies should also be
sent to Les Selzer, Networks Services Division, 445 12^th^ Street, SW,
Room 6A-207, Washington DC, 20554.

The NECA supplemental submission will be available for review and
copying during regular business hours at the FCC Reference Center,
Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW, Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554,
(202) 418-0270. It may also be viewed at
<https://haifoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/ecfs/comsrch_v2.hts>, by
typing 90-571 in the Proceeding box and 11/02/2000 in the date box. The
supplement may also be purchased from the Commission's copy contractor,
International Transcription Service, Inc. (ITS), 1231 20^TH^ Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20036, telephone 202-857-3800, facsimile 202-857-3805,
TTY 202-293-8810.

For further information, contact Leslie Selzer at 202-418-7278,
lselzer@fcc.gov. The address is: Network Services Division, Common
Carrier Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 445 Twelfth Street,
SW, Washington, D.C. 20554. The TTY Number is 202-418-0484 and the FAX
number is 202-418-2345.

**‑FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION-**

[^1]: *Telecommunications Services for Individuals with Hearing and
    Speech Disabilities, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
    (Fund Administration Fund Size Estimate and Payment Formula, July
    2000 Through June 2001*), CC Docket 90-571, Order, 15 FCC Rcd 11384
    (2000).

[^2]: *Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services
    for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities*, CC Docket No
    98-67, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,
    15 FCC Rcd 5140 (2000) (*Improved Services Order*), Order on
    Reconsideration, FCC 00-200 (rel. June 5, 2000).