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Sponsor seeks broader language access and disability accommodations across state agencies
Summary
Delegate Acevedo and advocates urged stronger translation and interpreter services across state agencies to ensure limited English proficiency residents and people with disabilities can access public programs; the bill drew questions about fiscal impact and agency capacity.
Delegate Acevedo told the Health and Government Operations Committee the bill aims to expand language access in state agencies, providing bilingual staffing, telephone interpreter programs, oral translation and written translations for “critical services” to better serve Marylanders who speak languages other than English and residents with disabilities.
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