2021 New York Laws
WKC - Workers' Compensation
Article 2 - Compensation
17-A - Limited English Proficiency.

* §  17-a.  Limited  English  proficiency.  1. The board shall provide
translation of all documents and forms used  by  or  issued  to  injured
employees.  The  translation shall be in the ten most common non-English
languages spoken by individuals with limited-English proficiency in  the
state of New York.
  2.   The  board  shall  provide  interpretation  services  to  injured
employees with respect to its provision of services, information  and/or
benefits.
  3. The board shall publish a language access plan that reflects:
  (a) the means by which it provides language assistance services;
  (b) the titles of all available translated documents and the languages
into which they have been translated;
  (c) the number of public contact positions at the board and the number
of  bilingual  employees  in  public  contact  positions,  including the
languages they speak;
  (d) a training plan for board employees which  includes,  at  minimum,
annual  training  on  its  language  access  policies and how to provide
language assistance services;
  (e) a plan for annual internal  monitoring  of  the  board's  language
access plan;
  (f)  a  plan  of  how the board intends to notify injured employees of
offered language assistant services; and
  (g) the appointment of a language access coordinator at the board, who
shall be publicly identified.
  4. The language access coordinator for the  board  shall  monitor  the
board's  compliance with this section by annually collecting data on the
provision  of  language  assistance  services,   the   availability   of
translated  materials, whether signage is properly posted, and any other
relevant measures.
  * NB Effective February 13, 2022