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ContractSettlement Agreement • May 5th, 2020
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SOUTH FLORIDA BAPTIST HOSPITAL DJ 202-17M-195 1. This action was initiated by a complaint filed with the United States Department of Justice ("the Department") against South Florida Baptist Hospital. The complaint was investigated by the Department under the authority granted by section 308(b) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA"), 42 U.S.C. § 12188. 2. South Florida Baptist Hospital is an acute care hospital system, operating primarily in southern Florida. 3. To address the interests of the public and of the individual complainants, the United States, acting through the Attorney General, who has statutory authority to enforce titles II and III of the ADA, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq., investigated South Florida Baptist Hospital, hereinafter referred to as “the Hospital.” 4. The United States alleges that the Hospital discriminated against persons who are deaf or hard of hearing or who have speech impairments as w
