{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-2-1935-perm","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 2-1935(Perm)","heading":"Language access oversight; duties of Language Access Director.","body":"\n  *NOTE: This codification is not the most current, due to recent law changes. To see the current law (including emergency and temporary legislation, if relevant) click this link: Current Version*\n  \n\n(a)\nThe Office of Human Rights shall provide oversight, central coordination, and technical assistance to covered entities in their implementation of the provisions of this subchapter and ensure that the provision of services by covered entities meets acceptable standards of translation or interpretation.\n\n(b)\nThere shall be within the Office of Human Rights a Language Access Director to coordinate activities under this subchapter. The Language Access Director shall:\n(1)\nReview and monitor each covered entity's language access plan for compliance with this subchapter and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, approved July 2, 1964 (78 Stat. 252; 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000d through 2000d-7);\n(2)\nTrack, monitor, and investigate public complaints regarding language access violations at covered entities, and where necessary, issue written findings of noncompliance to the covered entities regarding failures to provide language access; provided, that this responsibility shall not supersede or preclude the existing individual complaint process and mechanism under the jurisdiction of the Office of Human Rights;\n(3)\nReview and monitor the language access coordinators with respect to their performance of responsibilities under this subchapter;\n(4)\nConsult with language access coordinators, the D.C. Language Access Coalition, and the heads of government offices that conduct outreach to communities with limited or no-English proficient populations;\n(5)\nServe as the language access coordinator for the Office of Human Rights; and\n(6)\nThrough the Mayor, by regulation, after consultation with the D.C. Language Access Coalition, designate additional covered entities with major public contact.","path":["Title 99. Reserved sections."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/2-1935(Perm)","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"d4dcc2c90115f501f7875a8dc272217a8488f79767cee53d7d607fc711e505fc","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-22-4237-perm","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-47-2851.04-perm"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}