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Health Care Providers’ Language Assistance Responsibilities: Major Federal and California Requirements

Author(s): 

Catherine Dower

Date: 
Oct 2003

A number of federal and state laws address the need to provide health care in a language that the patient understands. This two-page overview of major California and Federal lists requirements for health care providers to provide language assistance to patients who require these services. The document offers key aspects of the laws and references for more information.