Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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Assembly Bill A9355
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CRUZ
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2021-A9355 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Governmental Operations
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §202-a, Exec L
2021-A9355 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9355 I N A S S E M B L Y February 23, 2022 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CRUZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to language access services THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 202-a to read as follows: § 202-A. LANGUAGE ACCESS SERVICES. 1. ACTING PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED OF THIS ARTICLE, THE COMMISSIONER OF GENERAL SERVICES SHALL ESTABLISH, WITHIN THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES, A DIVISION OF LANGUAGE ACCESS SERVICES AND SHALL APPOINT AND FIX THE COMPENSATION OF A DIRECTOR OF LANGUAGE ACCESS SERVICES AND SUCH OTHER ASSISTANTS AND OTHER EMPLOY- EES NECESSARY TO ASSIST IN OVERSEEING THE PROVISION OF LANGUAGE ACCESS SERVICES BY STATE AGENCIES AND ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION. THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF LANGUAGE ACCESS SERVICES SHALL REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE COMMISSIONER OF GENERAL SERVICES. 2. EACH STATE AGENCY THAT PROVIDES DIRECT PUBLIC SERVICES IN NEW YORK STATE SHALL TRANSLATE ALL VITAL DOCUMENTS RELEVANT TO SERVICES OFFERED BY THE AGENCY INTO THE TEN MOST COMMON NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY LIMITED-ENGLISH PROFICIENT INDIVIDUALS IN THE STATE, BASED ON THE DATA IN THE MOST RECENT AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY PUBLISHED BY THE UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU. AGENCIES SUBJECT TO THIS SECTION, IN THEIR DISCRETION, MAY OFFER AT LEAST TWO ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES BEYOND THE TEN MOST COMMON LANGUAGES, AND SHALL OFFER ANY ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES THAT ARE RECOMMENDED BY THE DIRECTOR OF LANGUAGE ACCESS SERVICES AND APPROVED BY THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES BASED ON THE POPULATION OF LIMITED-ENGL- ISH PROFICIENT INDIVIDUALS SERVED BY THE AGENCY, FEEDBACK FROM IMPACTED COMMUNITY OR ADVOCACY GROUPS, THE GEOGRAPHIC REGION WITHIN WHICH THE SERVICES ARE OFFERED, ANY OTHER RELEVANT DATA PUBLISHED BY THE UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU. 3. EACH AGENCY SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL DESIG- NATE A LANGUAGE ACCESS COORDINATOR WHO WILL WORK WITH THE DIVISION OF EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14759-01-2
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