CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1078Introduced by Senator MinFebruary 12, 2024 An act relating to state government. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1078, as introduced, Min. Language access.Existing law, the Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act, requires every state agency directly involved in the furnishing of information or the rendering of services to the public where contact is made with a substantial number of non-English-speaking people to employ a sufficient number of qualified bilingual persons in public contact positions to ensure provision of information and services to the public in the language of the non-English-speaking person, except as specified.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to create an Office of Language Access to provide critical oversight, accountability, and coordination across various state agencies to ensure limited-English-proficient individuals have meaningful access to government programs and services, as specified.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to create an Office of Language Access to provide critical oversight, accountability, and coordination across various state agencies to ensure limited-English-proficient individuals have meaningful access to government programs and services. It is the intent of the Legislature that the office will do both of the following:(a) Be responsible for leading the development, monitoring, and periodic updating of agency language access plans with effective policies to ensure meaningful access to their services.(b) Serve a central coordinating role for agencies language access coordinators with a focus on building a language services infrastructure to implement each agencys language access plans and increase the provision of language assistance services, including translation and interpreting services, of the agencies through a range of options, including hiring in-house bilingual staff and contracting with third-party vendors and community-based organizations.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1078Introduced by Senator MinFebruary 12, 2024 An act relating to state government. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1078, as introduced, Min. Language access.Existing law, the Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act, requires every state agency directly involved in the furnishing of information or the rendering of services to the public where contact is made with a substantial number of non-English-speaking people to employ a sufficient number of qualified bilingual persons in public contact positions to ensure provision of information and services to the public in the language of the non-English-speaking person, except as specified.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to create an Office of Language Access to provide critical oversight, accountability, and coordination across various state agencies to ensure limited-English-proficient individuals have meaningful access to government programs and services, as specified.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 1078
Introduced by Senator MinFebruary 12, 2024
Introduced by Senator Min
February 12, 2024
An act relating to state government.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1078, as introduced, Min. Language access.
Existing law, the Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act, requires every state agency directly involved in the furnishing of information or the rendering of services to the public where contact is made with a substantial number of non-English-speaking people to employ a sufficient number of qualified bilingual persons in public contact positions to ensure provision of information and services to the public in the language of the non-English-speaking person, except as specified.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to create an Office of Language Access to provide critical oversight, accountability, and coordination across various state agencies to ensure limited-English-proficient individuals have meaningful access to government programs and services, as specified.
Existing law, the Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act, requires every state agency directly involved in the furnishing of information or the rendering of services to the public where contact is made with a substantial number of non-English-speaking people to employ a sufficient number of qualified bilingual persons in public contact positions to ensure provision of information and services to the public in the language of the non-English-speaking person, except as specified.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to create an Office of Language Access to provide critical oversight, accountability, and coordination across various state agencies to ensure limited-English-proficient individuals have meaningful access to government programs and services, as specified.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to create an Office of Language Access to provide critical oversight, accountability, and coordination across various state agencies to ensure limited-English-proficient individuals have meaningful access to government programs and services. It is the intent of the Legislature that the office will do both of the following:(a) Be responsible for leading the development, monitoring, and periodic updating of agency language access plans with effective policies to ensure meaningful access to their services.(b) Serve a central coordinating role for agencies language access coordinators with a focus on building a language services infrastructure to implement each agencys language access plans and increase the provision of language assistance services, including translation and interpreting services, of the agencies through a range of options, including hiring in-house bilingual staff and contracting with third-party vendors and community-based organizations.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to create an Office of Language Access to provide critical oversight, accountability, and coordination across various state agencies to ensure limited-English-proficient individuals have meaningful access to government programs and services. It is the intent of the Legislature that the office will do both of the following:(a) Be responsible for leading the development, monitoring, and periodic updating of agency language access plans with effective policies to ensure meaningful access to their services.(b) Serve a central coordinating role for agencies language access coordinators with a focus on building a language services infrastructure to implement each agencys language access plans and increase the provision of language assistance services, including translation and interpreting services, of the agencies through a range of options, including hiring in-house bilingual staff and contracting with third-party vendors and community-based organizations.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to create an Office of Language Access to provide critical oversight, accountability, and coordination across various state agencies to ensure limited-English-proficient individuals have meaningful access to government programs and services. It is the intent of the Legislature that the office will do both of the following:(a) Be responsible for leading the development, monitoring, and periodic updating of agency language access plans with effective policies to ensure meaningful access to their services.(b) Serve a central coordinating role for agencies language access coordinators with a focus on building a language services infrastructure to implement each agencys language access plans and increase the provision of language assistance services, including translation and interpreting services, of the agencies through a range of options, including hiring in-house bilingual staff and contracting with third-party vendors and community-based organizations.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to create an Office of Language Access to provide critical oversight, accountability, and coordination across various state agencies to ensure limited-English-proficient individuals have meaningful access to government programs and services. It is the intent of the Legislature that the office will do both of the following:
### SECTION 1.
(a) Be responsible for leading the development, monitoring, and periodic updating of agency language access plans with effective policies to ensure meaningful access to their services.
(b) Serve a central coordinating role for agencies language access coordinators with a focus on building a language services infrastructure to implement each agencys language access plans and increase the provision of language assistance services, including translation and interpreting services, of the agencies through a range of options, including hiring in-house bilingual staff and contracting with third-party vendors and community-based organizations.