§5196f — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency must work with State and local governments to find groups that have limited English and include them in emergency and disaster planning. FEMA must make sure disaster information is given in ways those groups—and people with disabilities or other special needs—can understand. FEMA must also keep a central collection of example language-help programs and best practices for State and local governments to use during emergencies. The FEMA Administrator must set the rule for how big a group has to be to count as a population group.

Title 42, §5196f

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(a)Consistent with section 5151(a) of this title, the Administrator of Federal 11 So in original. The word “the” probably should appear before “Federal”. Emergency Management Agency shall—

(1)identify, in coordination with State and local governments, population groups with limited English proficiency and take into account such groups in planning for an emergency or major disaster;

(2)ensure that information made available to individuals affected by a major disaster or emergency is made available in formats that can be understood by—

(A)population groups identified under paragraph (1); and

(B)individuals with disabilities or other special needs; and

(3)develop and maintain an informational clearinghouse of model language assistance programs and best practices for State and local governments in providing services related to a major disaster or emergency.

(b)For purposes of subsection (a), the Administrator of Federal 1 Emergency Management Agency shall define the size of a population group.

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2011—Pub. L. 111–351 substituted “Administrator” for “Director” in subsecs. (a) and (b).

§5196f Disaster related information services

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