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H.B. 1174
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House Bill No. 1174
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AN ACT concerning
State Government - Equal Access to State Agencies Public Services -
Persons Individuals with Limited English Proficiency
FOR the purpose of stating the intent of the General Assembly that State
departments, agencies, and programs shall provide equal access to public
services for services to persons individuals with limited English proficiency;
requiring certain State departments, agencies, and programs to provide certain
oral language services under certain circumstances; requiring certain documents
distributed to the public by State agencies to be translated by certain State
departments, agencies, and programs into any language spoken by a certain
percentage of any limited English proficient population within the a certain
geographic service area of a local office of a State agency, and that such
documents be available as needed for distribution on a statewide basis under
certain circumstances; requiring State agencies to promulgate certain
regulations by a certain date establishing a certain schedule for the
implementation of the certain requirements of this Act by certain State
departments, agencies, and programs; providing for the construction of this Act;
requiring certain State departments, agencies, and programs to monitor their
operations to make a certain determination under certain circumstances;
requiring the Department of Human Resources to provide certain assistance to
State departments, agencies, and programs under certain circumstances;
requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Secretary of Labor,
Licensing, and Regulation to provide a certain report to the General Assembly;
defining certain terms; and generally relating to equal access to State agencies
by public services for persons individuals with limited English proficiency.
BY adding to
Article - State Government
Section 10-1101 through 10-1103 10-1105, inclusive, to be under the new
subtitle "Subtitle 11. Language Access Equal Access to Public Services for
Individuals with Limited English Proficiency"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2001 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - State Government
SUBTITLE 11. LANGUAGE ACCESS EQUAL ACCESS TO PUBLIC SERVICES FOR
INDIVIDUALS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY.
10-1101.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS THAT THE INABILITY TO SPEAK, UNDERSTAND,
OR READ THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS A BARRIER THAT PREVENTS ACCESS TO
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