{"data":{"id":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-l.l.-1986-010","jurisdiction":"us-nyc","citation":"N.Y.C. Admin. Code § L.L. 1986/010","heading":"L.L. 1986/010","body":"Enactment date: 5/23/1986\n\nInt. No. 536-A\n\nBy Council Members Robles, Ferrer, Michels, Eisland and Castaneira-Colon; also Council Members Albanese, Friedlander, Maloney, Messinger, O'Donovan, Pinkett, Williams, Wooten, Crispino and Lisa\n\nA Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York in relation to requiring all hospitals and medical centers in the City of New York to provide for the use of interpretation services in emergency rooms\n\nBe it enacted by the Council as follows:\n\nSection one. Legislative Findings: The City Council hereby finds that New York is a multilingual city, where over two million three hundred and forty thousand residents speak a language other than English at home, and over half a million residents speak little or no English at all; that the public health and safety is threatened by language barriers which exist between health providers and residents who receive health services; that difficulties in communication delay services, cause misunderstandings and thereby endanger the health of non-English speaking residents; that the difficulties in communication could be greatly alleviated by the provision of interpretation services for non-English speaking City residents; and that it would be in the public interest to have interpreter services immediately available in the emergency rooms and medical centers in New York City.\n\n* * *\n\n[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]\n\n* * *\n\nSection 3. This local law shall take effect sixty days after its enactment into law.","path":["New York City Administrative Code","1986"],"source_url":"https://files.amlegal.com/pdffiles/NewYorkCity/Admin/XML.zip","current_through":"Local Law 2026/135 (enacted August 31, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:48:57Z","sha256":"c7d20c6a070fe0ad315d1dd2bb4ce94de011da69a5174a9d66990b68d329cc41","source_id":"us-nyc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-l.l.-1986-006","next":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-l.l.-1986-014"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}