NY A02196 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly

New York Assembly Bill 2196 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-08 - referred to governmental operations
Pending: Assembly Governmental Operations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

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.

Title

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-08	Assembly	referred to governmental operations
2019-01-22	Assembly	referred to governmental operations

Same As/Similar To

S04101 (Same As) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO FINANCE

New York State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A2196
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A02196&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A02196