A Puerto Rico psychiatric hospital was issued a notice for violating disability civil rights laws for failing to provide a patient with a sign language interpreter, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday.
According to HHS, the San Juan Capestrano Hospital discriminated against a patient on the basis of disability by failing to provide a sign language interpreter for a court-ordered psychiatric evaluation at the Hospital.
The Office of Civil Rights’ determination advises the hospital to contact OCR within thirty days and enter into a settlement agreement within sixty days.
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