N Y L P I Proprietary & Confidential © New York Lawyers for the Public Interest 1 Language Barriers & Medication Shena Elrington Director, Health Justice.

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N Y L P I Proprietary & Confidential © New York Lawyers for the Public Interest 1 Language Barriers & Medication Shena Elrington Director, Health Justice New York Lawyers for the Public Interest March 27, 2014

N Y L P I Proprietary & Confidential © New York Lawyers for the Public Interest 2 About NYLPI The Health Justice Program works to ensure access to quality health care for low-income communities of color and immigrants The Disability Justice Program protects and promotes the civil rights of people with disabilities The Environmental Justice and Community Development Project provides organizing and legal assistance to low-income neighborhoods and communities of color that bear an unfair burden of environmental threats The Pro Bono Clearinghouse provides community groups and nonprofit organizations with free legal assistance by drawing on hundreds of volunteer attorneys from New York’s most prestigious law firms and corporate law departments

N Y L P I Proprietary & Confidential © New York Lawyers for the Public Interest 3 New York State by the Numbers... About 2.5 million people are limited English proficient –13% of the total population (40% increase since 1990) The most common languages are: –Spanish (over 50% of total LEP), Chinese, Russian and Korean

N Y L P I Proprietary & Confidential © New York Lawyers for the Public Interest 4 Language Access Matters!

N Y L P I Proprietary & Confidential © New York Lawyers for the Public Interest 5 Multi-Pronged & Multi-Layered Approach Legal Advocacy Organizing & Outreach Legislation (Local  State)

N Y L P I Proprietary & Confidential © New York Lawyers for the Public Interest 6 Legal Advocacy: The Complaint

N Y L P I Proprietary & Confidential © New York Lawyers for the Public Interest 7 Organizing & Media Outreach

N Y L P I Proprietary & Confidential © New York Lawyers for the Public Interest 8 Legislative Advocacy : NYC Pharmacies Language Access Act Applies chain pharmacies w/ 4+ stores in NYC Notice of rights to language assistance displayed prominently Interpreters required for counseling in all languages Patient information & labels translated into top 7 languages

N Y L P I Proprietary & Confidential © New York Lawyers for the Public Interest 9 Continuing our advocacy………..

N Y L P I Proprietary & Confidential © New York Lawyers for the Public Interest 10 Statewide Language Access: Safe Rx Requires chain pharmacies to: –provide interpretation and translation services –post notices Standardizes prescription labels Prescription pads have place for providers to designate patients’ language

N Y L P I Proprietary & Confidential © New York Lawyers for the Public Interest 11 Victory…Now What?

N Y L P I Proprietary & Confidential © New York Lawyers for the Public Interest 12 Tools to Ensure Effective Implementation Establishing a mechanism for continued and meaningful advocate involvement Engaging in the regulatory/rule-making process if applicable Engaging in systemic monitoring efforts and providing feedback (including positive!) Using media to continue to shed light on the issue

N Y L P I Proprietary & Confidential © New York Lawyers for the Public Interest 13 Questions? THANK YOU! Shena Elrington , ext