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HLTH FACILITY-LANGUAGE ASSIST Amends the Language Assistance Act. Makes changes in the list of things a health facility must do to ensure access to health care information and services for limited-English-speaking or non-English-speaking residents and deaf residents. Provides that a facility must do all (instead of one or more) of the following: (1) adopt and review annually a policy for providing language assistance services to patients with language or communication barriers; (2) develop and post notices that advise patients and their families of the availability of interpreters; and (3) notify the facility's employees of the language services available at the facility and train them on how to make these language services available to patients. Provides that, in addition, a facility may do one or more of the following: (i) review existing policies regarding interpreters; (ii) adopt a policy for language assistance services that includes certain procedures; (iii) identify and [...] show full description
- 05/15/2008 - Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 22, 2008; Substantive House Bills Out of Committee
- 05/15/2007 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Public Health
- 05/15/2007 - Postponed - Public Health
- 05/15/2007 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules
- 05/15/2007 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules
show all actions- 05/15/2008 - Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 22, 2008; Substantive House Bills Out of Committee
- 05/15/2007 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Public Health
- 05/15/2007 - Postponed - Public Health
- 05/15/2007 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules
- 05/15/2007 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules
- 05/08/2007 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Public Health
- 05/07/2007 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William Delgado
- 05/07/2007 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
- 05/02/2007 - Assigned to Public Health
- 04/27/2007 - Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz
- 04/25/2007 - Arrive in Senate
- 04/25/2007 - Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 26, 2007
- 04/25/2007 - Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- 04/25/2007 - First Reading
- 04/25/2007 - Referred to Rules
- 04/24/2007 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard T. Bradley
- 04/24/2007 - Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000
- 03/27/2007 - Second Reading - Short Debate
- 03/27/2007 - Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 03/21/2007 - House Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Human Services Committee
- 03/21/2007 - House Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Human Services Committee; by Voice Vote
- 03/21/2007 - Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 009-000-000
- 03/21/2007 - Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 03/21/2007 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- 03/21/2007 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- 03/21/2007 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandy Cole
- 03/21/2007 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- 03/21/2007 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
- 03/21/2007 - House Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Human Services Committee by Voice Vote
- 03/21/2007 - Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Human Services Committee 009-000-000
- 03/01/2007 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- 03/01/2007 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- 02/22/2007 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- 02/15/2007 - Assigned to Human Services Committee
- 02/08/2007 - Filed with the Clerk by Rep. William Davis
- 02/08/2007 - First Reading
- 02/08/2007 - Referred to Rules Committee
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