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| Legislation Mandating Language Access in Healthcare Settings 1. Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, “Prohibition Against National Origin Discrimination Affecting Limited English Proficient Persons,” 42 U.S. C. 2000d-2000d-4; 28 CFR 42.101, requires hospitals to ensure meaningful access to language services. Hospitals that receive federal money must provide non-English speaking persons with interpretation and translation services. 2. Executive Order 13166, “Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency,” U.S. Department of Justice, mandates improved access to federally conducted and federally assisted programs and activities for persons who, as a result of national origin, are limited in their English proficiency. 3. New York State Patients’ Bill of Rights, New York Public Health Law, Sec. 2801-c (McKinney 1985), requires a hospital to provide interpreters and translators to non-English speaking patients, when such non-English speaking residents comprise at least 1 percent of the population of that hospital’s service area. |
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