Sec. 211. Language access services
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Section 1302(b)(1) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18022(b)(1) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Language access services, including oral interpretation and written translations. . Section 36B(c)(2)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following: Except as provided in clause (iii), an employee shall not be treated as eligible for minimum essential coverage if such coverage consists of an eligible employer-sponsored plan (as defined in section 5000A(f)(2)) and the plan does not provide coverage for language access services, including oral interpretation and written translations. .
Section 2717(a)(1) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–17(a)(1) ) is amended— by striking and at the end of subparagraph (C); by striking the period at the end of subparagraph
(D)and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: reduce health disparities through the provision of language access services, including oral interpretation and written translations. . The Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall amend the regulations in section 54.9815–2719T(e) of title 26, Code of Federal Regulations, section 2590.715– 2719(e) of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, and section 147.136(e) of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, respectively, to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to which such sections apply— to provide oral interpretation services without any threshold requirements; to provide in the English versions of all notices a statement prominently displayed in not less than 15 non-English languages clearly indicating how to access the language services provided by the plan or issuer; and with respect to written translations of notices, to apply a threshold that 5 percent of the population or at least 500 individuals per service area are literate only in the same non-English language in lieu of 10 percent or more residing in a county. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall— amend the single streamlined application form developed pursuant to section 1413 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18083 ) to collect the preferred spoken and written language for each household member applying for coverage under a qualified health plan through an Exchange under title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; require navigators, certified application counselors, and other enrollment assisters to collect and report requests for language assistance; and require the Federal and State call centers established pursuant to section 1311(d)(4)(b) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18031(d)(4)(b) ) to submit an annual report documenting the number of language assistance requests, the types of languages requested, the range and average wait time for a consumer to speak with an interpreter, and any steps the call center and language line have taken to actively address some of the consumer complaints. The amendments made by this section shall apply to plan years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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