47 CFR 64.643 – Compensation for Video Relay Service
For the period from July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2028, TRS Fund compensation for the provision of Video Relay Service (VRS) shall be as described in this section.
(a) First year. For Fund Year 2023-24, TRS Fund compensation shall be paid in accordance with the following formulas.
(1) The Compensation Amount for VRS providers handling one million conversation minutes or less in a month shall be $7.77 per minute.
(2) The Compensation Amount for VRS providers handling more than one million conversation minutes in a month shall be:
(i) $6.27 per minute for the first 1,000,000 conversation minutes each month;
(ii) $3.92 per minute for monthly conversation minutes in excess of 1,000,000.
(3) For Video-Text Service, as defined in this subpart, in addition to the applicable Compensation Amount under paragraph (a)(1) or (2) of this section, an additional Compensation Amount of $0.19 per minute shall be paid for each conversation minute.
(b) Succeeding years. For each succeeding Fund Year through June 30, 2028, each per-minute Compensation Amount described in paragraph (a) of this section shall be redetermined in accordance with the following equation:
(c) Inflation Adjustment Factor. The Inflation Adjustment Factor for a Fund Year (IF
(1) Final Value—The fourth quarter of the Calendar Year ending 6 months before the beginning of the Fund Year; and
(2) Initial Value—The fourth quarter of the preceding Calendar Year.
(d) Exogenous cost adjustments. In addition to L
(1) Belong to a category of costs that the Commission has deemed allowable;
(2) Result from new TRS requirements or other causes beyond the provider’s control;
(3) Are new costs that were not factored into the applicable compensation formula; and
(4) If unrecovered, would cause a provider’s current allowable-expenses-plus-operating margin to exceed its revenues.