Jump to: [language rights in general] [language rights in pharmacies] [medicaid reimbursement for language assistance services] [segregated care campaign] [southeast queens]
- Language Access Legal Cheat Sheet
- Know Your Rights Under the New York State Hospital Language Access Regulations in English, Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese, French, Haitian Creole, Karen, Korean, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish and Urdu
- Civil Rights Complaint Filed with New York State Office of the Attorney General, October 31, 2007
- Bad Medicine: A report on the human impact of language barriers in New York City pharmacies
- Laws Cited in Civil Rights Complaint to the NYS Attorney General: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, New York State Education Law Governing Pharmacies, New York State Regulations Governing Pharmacies
- OAG Settlement Agreements with Costco, CVS, Duane Reade, A&P, Rite Aid, Target, and Walmart
- Fact Sheets on OAG Settlement Agreements in English and Spanish: Handy tool for community-based organizations that want to monitor their neighborhood pharmacies
- Community Fact Sheets on Language Rights in Pharmacies in English and Spanish: Useful for community education
- Intro 859-A: Language Assistance in Pharmacies – Bill Introduced in New York City Council
- Report of the New York City Council Health Committee from Oversight Hearing May 4, 2009
- Transcript of New York City Council Health Committee Oversight Hearing May 4, 2009
- Testimonies Provided at New York City Council Health Committee Oversight Hearing May 4, 2009
- Fiscal Impact Statement – Intro 859 – August 20, 2009
- Press Release: City Council to Pass Legislation Requiring Multilingual Medication Labels
- Mayor’s Remarks — Signing of Intro 859A
- National Health Law Program – Language Services in the Pharmacy Setting: PowerPoint presentation providing national context
- New York Academy of Medicine – Availability of Multilingual Prescription Medication: PowerPoint presentation providing New York State research context
- NYLPI – Language Access in Pharmacies: PowerPoint presentation providing New York advocacy context
- NHeLP Issue Brief: What is Required Under Federal Law?
Medicaid Reimbursement for Language Assistance Services
- Assembly Bill A0733 and Senate Bill S3740A: Legislation pending in New York State Legislature to reimburse Medicaid providers for providing language assistance services
- Dear State Medicaid Director Letter: Missive from the feds confirming and clarifying that states can choose to reimburse for language access services through Medicaid
- Other states’ approaches to reimbursing for Medicaid: a report by NHeLP
- Bronx Health REACH Monograph: Medical Apartheid in NYC
- Video of June 9, 2008 community rally to announce filing of complaint with the NYS Attorney General
- Organization sign-on form in support of the campaign
- CNN coverage of campaign, July 20, 2009
Southeast Queens United in Support of Health Services (SQUISH)
- State Department of Health white paper on health care services in Queens and accompanying maps & charts
- State Department of Health Request for Proposals to develop health care services in Queens
- SQUISH Press Statement regarding DOH white paper and health needs in Southeast Queens
- SQUISH talking points on health needs in Southeast Queens.
- SQUISH’s letter to local elected officials about the RFP deadline and the need for an extension (September 11, 2009)
- SQUISH Press Release on Hospital Closure Planning Act
