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HERE FOR THE HHS OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS WEBSITE ON Limited English
Proficiency (LEP) 
SUMMARY: Pursuant
to Executive Order 13166, The Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) has published
its revised Guidance to Federal Financial
Assistance Recipients Regarding Title VI
Prohibition Against National Origin
Discrimination Affecting Limited
English Proficient Persons ("Revised
HHS LEP Guidance"). HHS is seeking
comment on the revised HHS LEP
Guidance for a 120-day period ending
on January 6, 2004.
DATES: This
Guidance is effective immediately. Comments must be
submitted on or before January 6, 2004.
HHS will review all comments and will
determine if modifications to the
Guidance are necessary. This Guidance
supplants existing guidance on the same
subject originally published at 65 FR
52762 (August 30, 2000).
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
addressed to Deeana Jang with ‘‘
Attention: LEP Comments,’’ and
should be sent to 200 Independence
Avenue, SW, Room 506F, Washington,
DC 20201. Comments may also be
submitted by e-mail at LEP.comments@hhs.gov
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Onelio
Lopez at the Office for Civil
Rights, U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, 200 Independence
Avenue, SW, Room 506F, Washington, DC 20201
Be sure to address your correspondence
with ‘‘Attention:
LEP Comments;’’ telephone 202–205–0192;
TDD: toll-free 1–800–537–7697.
Arrangements to receive the policy in an
alternative format may be made by
contacting the named individual.
The National
Health Law Program, a national public interest law firm
that seeks to improve health care for America's working and unemployed
poor, minorities, the elderly and people with disabilities, prepared
a document that compares the Health and Human Services 2002 LEP
Guidance to the Department of Justice 2002 and HHS 2003 Guidance.
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HERE TO VIEW THE SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON IN ADOBE ACROBAT FORMAT 
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For more information, call the National Program Office at (213) 743-1556
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