{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-19a-490i","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-490i","heading":"Interpreter services and linguistic access in acute care hospitals.","body":"Each acute care hospital in this state shall:\n(1) Develop and annually review a policy on the provision of interpreter services to non-English-speaking patients;\n(2) Ensure the availability of interpreter services to patients whose primary language is spoken by a group comprising not less than five per cent of the population residing in the geographic area served by the hospital;\n(3) Prepare and maintain a list of qualified interpreters;\n(4) Notify hospital staff of the requirement to provide interpreters to non-English-speaking patients;\n(5) Post multilingual notices of the availability of interpreters to non-English-speaking patients;\n(6) Review standardized forms to determine the need for translation for use by non-English-speaking patients;\n(7) Consider providing hospital staff with picture and phrase sheets for communication with non-English-speaking patients; and\n(8) Establish liaisons to non-English-speaking communities in the geographic area served by the hospital.","path":["TITLE 19a. PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELL-BEING","CHAPTER 368v*. HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_368v.htm#sec_19a-490i","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:03Z","sha256":"13825a0eaa1be49920800307896cb44f82868af8a76244e835d93b24662c0218","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-19a-490h","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-19a-490j"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}