Bill Text: IL SB2929 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended
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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]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB2929-Amended.html
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]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB2929-Amended.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2929
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2929 as follows:
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| 3 | on page 4, line 2, by replacing "a translator" with "an | ||||||
| 4 | interpreter"; and
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| 5 | on page 4, line 3, before the period, by inserting "or have | ||||||
| 6 | arrangements to make an interpreter available through | ||||||
| 7 | telephonic, video, or other means".
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