MCL 37.11 Short title.
37.11. Short title.
Sec. 1.
This act may be cited as the "statewide meaningful language access coordination act".
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STATEWIDE MEANINGFUL LANGUAGE ACCESS COORDINATION ACT
MCL ch. 37, subtit. Act 242 of 2023
in effectMCL 37.12 Definitions.
37.12. Definitions.
Sec. 2.
As used in this act:
(a) "Covered entity", "limited English proficiency", and "meaningful language access" mean those terms as defined in the meaningful language access to state services act.
(b) "Office of global Michigan" means that term as used in 2022 PA 166.
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MCL 37.13 Office of global Michigan; powers and duties.
37.13. Office of global Michigan; powers and duties.
Sec. 3.
The office of global Michigan shall do all of the following:
(a) Coordinate steps taken by covered entities throughout this state to provide meaningful language access to public services pursuant to the meaningful language access to state services act.
(b) Designate at least 1 language access liaison to work with covered entities to train staff, develop resources, conduct outreach activities that inform the public of available language services, and facilitate compliance with the meaningful language access to state services act.
(c) Create a complaint form and a process for members of the public to use to report and pursue a remedy for instances of noncompliance with the meaningful language access to state services act. The complaint form created under this subdivision is subject to the translation requirements described in section 2(c) of the meaningful language access to state services act.
(d) In collaboration with the department of civil rights and consistent with section 602 of the Elliot-Larsen civil rights act, 1976 PA 453, MCL 37.2602, create a complaint process under which individuals who believe that they have been denied full and equal access to a covered entity because of their national origin may submit a complaint and seek a remedy against a covered entity.
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MCL 37.14 Denial of full and equal access; complaint process; remedy.
37.14. Denial of full and equal access; complaint process; remedy.
Sec. 4.
Any individual who believes that they were denied full and equal access to a covered entity because of their national origin has the right to separately seek a remedy with the department of civil rights pursuant to the complaint process described in section 3(d).
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Source: Michigan Legislature (legislature.mi.gov)URL: https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/mcl/Chapter%2037.xmlFetched: 10/20/2026