Provision of Appropriate Auxiliary Aids and Services. A. Recognition
Provision of Appropriate Auxiliary Aids and Services. The GPCS will ensure that appropriate auxiliary aids and services, including qualified interpreters, are made available to consumers, visitors, and other members of the public who interact with the GPCS, who are deaf or hard of hearing, where such aids and services are necessary to ensure effective communication, so that they may participate in or benefit from the GPCS’s services, programs, or activities on an equal basis with others. While this Settlement Agreement focuses on the effective communication needs of individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, the GPCS recognizes that it is required by the ADA to provide appropriate auxiliary aids and services to ensure effective communication with individuals with other disabilities, such as blindness.
Provision of Appropriate Auxiliary Aids and Services. Under the Program
Provision of Appropriate Auxiliary Aids and Services. 1. Scheduled Appointments: UUHC shall make an appropriate auxiliary aid or service available at the time of the appointment, if necessary for effective communication.
Provision of Appropriate Auxiliary Aids and Services. Immediately as of the effective date of this Agreement, the Hospital will continue to provide to Patients and Companions appropriate auxiliary aids and services that may be necessary for effective communication after making the assessment described below. C. Communication Assessment. The Hospital will consult with individual Patients who are deaf or hard of hearing and Companions whenever possible to determine what type of auxiliary aid or interpretive service is necessary to ensure effective communication. While consultation is strongly encouraged, the ultimate decision as to what measure to take to ensure effective communication rests in the hands of the Hospital, provided that the method chosen results in effective communication. 1.
Provision of Appropriate Auxiliary Aids and Services. The ACSO will ensure that appropriate auxiliary aids and services, including qualified interpreters, are made available to inmates, visitors, and other members of the public who interact with the ACSO, who are deaf or hard of hearing, where such aids and services are necessary to ensure effective communication, so that they may participate in or benefit from the ACSO’s services, programs, or activities on an equal basis with others. While this Settlement Agreement focuses on the effective communication needs of individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, the ACSO recognizes that it is required by the ADA to provide appropriate auxiliary aids and services to ensure effective communication with individuals with other disabilities, such as blindness.
Provision of Appropriate Auxiliary Aids and Services. The CCJ will ensure that appropriate Auxiliary Aids and Services, including Qualified Interpreters, are made available to Inmates, visitors, and other members of the public who interact with the CCJ, who have Communication Disabilities, where such aids and services are necessary to ensure effective communication, so that they may participate in or benefit from the CCJ’s services, programs, or activities on an equal basis with others. While this Agreement focuses on the effective communication needs of individuals with Communication Disabilities, the CCJ recognizes that it is required by the ADA to provide appropriate Auxiliary Aids and Services to ensure effective communication with individuals with other disabilities.
Provision of Appropriate Auxiliary Aids and Services. The Authority will take appropriate steps to ensure that communications with Inmates and members of the public with disabilities are as effective as communications with others. 28 C.F.R. § 35.160(a)(1). The Authority will furnish appropriate auxiliary aids and services, including qualified interpreters, where necessary to ensure effective communication, so that Inmates and members of the public with disabilities may participate in or benefit from CVRJ’s services, programs, or activities on an equal basis with others as required by the ADA. 28 C.F.R. § 35. 160(b)(1). While this Agreement focuses on the effective communication needs of individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, the Authority recognizes that it is required by the ADA to provide appropriate auxiliary aids and services to ensure effective communication with individuals with other disabilities, such as individuals who are blind or have low vision.
Provision of Appropriate Auxiliary Aids and Services. Within ninety (90) days of the effective date of this Agreement, YRMC will provide to Patients and Companions appropriate auxiliary aids and services that may be necessary for effective communication after making the assessment described below.
Provision of Appropriate Auxiliary Aids and Services. 3.1 PVH hereby agrees to provide and pay for appropriate Auxiliary Aids and Services, specifically including Qualified Interpreters, for Individuals with Auditory Disabilities for Medical Consultations and Communications and that this agreement will apply at all health care facilities within the UC Health North system.
3.1.1 Subject to Section 3.4 of this Agreement, in determining the appropriateness of a particular Auxiliary Aid or Service, PVH shall:
3.1.1.1 Give Primary Consideration to the expressed preference for a particular Auxiliary Aid or Service by a Person with an Auditory Disability and make an affirmative inquiry regarding the person’s needs and preferences;
3.1.1.2 Consider the nature, length and complexity of the communication involved, and the context in which the communication is taking place;
3.1.1.3 Consult with the Individual with an Auditory Disability and companions of the Individual with an Auditory Disability to determine what type(s) of Auxiliary Aids and Services would ensure Effective Communication; and,
3.1.1.4 Provide and pay for all Auxiliary Aids and Services in accessible formats, in a timely manner, and in such a way as to protect the privacy and independence of the Individuals with Auditory Disabilities to whom such Auxiliary Aids and Services are being provided.
3.1.2 Where Auxiliary Aids and Services have been requested in advance of Medical Consultations and Communications, PVH agrees to take appropriate steps toward ensuring that appropriate Auxiliary Aids and Services are provided as soon as possible after the need for Auxiliary Aids and Services has been identified.
3.1.3 PVH shall not charge or impose any surcharge on its provision of appropriate Auxiliary Aids and Services.
3.1.4 PVH shall not require Individuals with Auditory Disabilities to provide their own Qualified Interpreters or other appropriate Auxiliary Aids and Services.
3.1.5 PVH shall not require Individuals with Auditory Disabilities to seek out any form of financial assistance to assist in paying for appropriate Auxiliary Aids and Services, unless an employee of PVH is an Individual with Auditory Disabilities seeking tax benefits on behalf of PVH pursuant to Section 44 of the IRS Code allows a tax credit for small businesses and Section 190 of the IRS Code or any subsequent tax credits made available for this purpose. See xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx/taxcred.htm.
3.2 The Parties understand and agree that if a live Qualified Interpreter, as opposed to video re...
