Section 4-1203. ROLE OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS

 

1203.1The Director of the Office of Human Rights (“OHR Director”) shall designate an employee of OHR as the Language Access Director (“LA Director”) to coordinate activities under the Act.  The LA Director shall carry out all job functions under the direction and supervision of the OHR Director. The OHR Director may also designate additional staff to assist the Language Access Director. 

 

1203.2The OHR Director shall prepare an annual Language Access Report and deliver it to the Mayor, the Office of the City Administrator (“OCA”), the Language Access Coalition, and the Consultative Agencies on the deficiencies found, progress made, and overall compliance with the Act for each covered entity. The report shall be delivered no later than ninety (90) days after the end of the fiscal year, and shall include:

 

(a) Results of the annual implementation reports required by § 1205.3;

 

(b) A summary of language-access-related data reported throughout the fiscal year to OHR by covered entities with major public contact; and

 

(c) A summary of the results of audits and field tests conducted by OHR pursuant to § 1227.

 

1203.3The OHR Director’s annual Language Access Report shall be made available to the public within thirty (30) days of a request.

 

 

authority

Sections 2(3)(C) and 6(b)(6) of the Language Access Act of 2004, effective June 19, 2004 (D.C. Law 15-167; D.C. Official Code §§ 2-1931 et seq. (2012 Repl.)) (“Language Access Act”), and Mayor’s Order 2007-127, dated May 31, 2007.

source

Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 6348 (June 6, 2008); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 9836 (September 26, 2014).