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Advocates urge statewide language-access plan; witnesses ask for funding and deadlines
Summary
Supporters said HB 5347 would coordinate translations and interpretation for vital forms and agency services for limited-English-proficiency residents; they urged dedicated funding, compliance timelines, and program-level language data to make implementation effective.
Nonprofit advocates, immigrant-rights groups and public-interest lawyers told the committee HB 5347 would create a statewide translation plan and agency-level language-access coordinators to ensure crucial forms and applications are available in the state’s most-used languages.
Fernando Rendon Lopez (Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now) said the…
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