Bill Sponsors: NY S05147 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly

Bill Title: Enacts the "Equal Access to Health and Human Services for Limited English Speaking Individuals Act"; directs certain state agencies to provide language assistance services for persons seeking family assistance, health or labor services; requires record keeping; requires free translation for 22 languages.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S05147 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Sponsors

NameTypeSponsorshipDistrictFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Senator Kevin Parker [D]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-021FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Leroy Comrie [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-014FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Gustavo Rivera [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-033FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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