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This act may be cited as the "statewide meaningful language access coordination act".
Michigan · statute · 242 of 2023, Mich. Comp. Laws · 4 active provisions
This act may be cited as the "statewide meaningful language access coordination act".
As used in this act: (a) "Covered entity", "limited English proficiency", and "meaningful language access" mean those terms as defined in the meaningful language access to state services act. (b) "Office of global Michigan" means that term as used in 2022 PA 166.
The office of global Michigan shall do all of the following: (a) Coordinate steps taken by covered entities throughout this state to provide meaningful language access to public services pursuant to the meaningful language access to state services act. (b) Designate at least 1 language access liaison to work with cover…
Any individual who believes that they were denied full and equal access to a covered entity because of their national origin has the right to separately seek a remedy with the department of civil rights pursuant to the complaint process described in section 3(d).