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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 53-2 Covered entity with major public contact.">
  <section prefix="§" num="53-2" heading="Covered entity with major public contact.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">A covered entity with major public contact shall provide an LEP individual with meaningful access to all of the covered entity’s services and programs.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Language access liaison.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">A covered entity with major public contact shall designate, in consultation with the Department of Human Resources, where required, at least 1 employee to be the language access liaison for the covered entity.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Duties.">A language access liaison shall:<para num="(i)">consult with MIMA and the director of the covered entity to develop a Language Access Plan as required under subsection (c) of this section.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">continually assess the covered entity’s Language Access Plan for effectiveness and initiate changes, if needed; and</para>
        <para num="(iii)">coordinate the preparation and submission of the annual report required under § 53-4 of this subtitle.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Language Access Plan.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">In consultation with MIMA, the language access liaison and director of a covered entity with major public contact shall develop and implement a Language Access Plan.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Contents.">A Language Access Plan shall include:<para num="(i)">a description of how the covered entity will implement its language access services;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the methods the covered entity will use to monitor the covered entity’s compliance with:<para num="(A)">the Language Access Plan;</para>
          <para num="(B)">the provisions of this subtitle; and</para>
          <para num="(C)">any other applicable laws, rules, and regulations regarding language access;</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(iii)">the types of oral language services that the covered entity will provide;</para>
        <para num="(iv)">the titles of translated documents that the covered entity will provide;</para>
        <para num="(v)">the names and contact information of employees who will serve as points of contact for LEP individuals;</para>
        <para num="(vi)">the methods the covered entity will use to assess and evaluate the
language access needs of a LEP individual attempting to access the entity’s services; and</para>
        <para num="(vii)">protocols to provide public notice of the availability of language services to LEP individuals.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)" heading="Publication.">A covered entity shall make the entity’s Language Access Plan available to the public.</para>
      <para num="(4)" heading="Biannual update.">A covered entity shall update and submit to MIMA the entity’s Language Access Plan by January 1 of every even-numbered year.</para>
    </para>
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  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
