Part 3FAMILY PLANNING

Section § 124300

Explanation

In counties where at least 10% of the population primarily speaks a language other than English, local health departments must offer family planning information in that language. Additionally, the State Department of Health Care Services must provide translations of family planning materials upon request.

Within any county where 10 percent or more of the population, as determined by the Demographic Research Unit of the Department of Finance, speaks any one language other than English as its native language, every local health department shall make copies of circulars and pamphlets relating to family planning that are made available to the public also available in the other language.
The State Department of Health Care Services, upon request, shall make a translation available in other than English those family planning informational materials normally distributed to the general public.
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(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 29, Sec. 122. (SB 82) Effective June 27, 2019.)