Bill Title: Amends the Language Assistance Services Act. Provides that a hospital that services an area where a language other than English is spoken by 10% or more of the service area's population must have a translator who speaks that language on staff during all hours that the hospital is open.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2929 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Martin Sandoval [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-011	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Iris Martinez [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-020	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Napoleon Harris [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-015	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Daniel Burke [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-001	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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