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HRS §321C-4

Language access plans

This section requires state agencies and covered entities to create language access plans. It explains who must file plans, when, and how often, and requires each agency to name a language access coordinator. It is a procedural rule about planning, not about individual rights.

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The statute, as written — Additional obligations

(a) Each state agency and covered entity shall establish a plan for language access. (b) Each state agency's plan for language access shall be established in consultation with the executive director and the state agency's coordinator for language access. State agencies receiving federal financial assistance that did not file an initial language access plan pursuant to former section 371-34(b) by July 1, 2007, shall file an initial language access plan with the executive director no later than July 1, 2013, and every two years thereafter. All other state agencies that did not file a language access plan pursuant to former section 371-34(b) by July 1, 2008, shall file a language access plan with the executive director no later than July 1, 2014, and every two years thereafter. Agencies that filed initial language access plans pursuant to former section 371-34(b) by July 1, 2007, and July 1, 2008, shall continue to file their plans with the executive director every two years thereafter. (c) Each state agency shall designate a language access coordinator who shall establish and implement the plan for language access in consultation with the executive director and the language access advisory council.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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