Notice Informing Individuals About Nondiscrimination and Accessibility Requirements

Yale Medicine complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency and primary language), age, disability, or sex (consistent with the scope of sex discrimination described at 45 CFR § 92.101(a)(2)). Yale Medicine does not exclude people or treat them less favorably because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.

Yale Medicine:

• Provides people with disabilities reasonable modifications and free appropriate auxiliary aids and services to communicate effectively with us, such as:
  • Qualified sign language interpreters
  • Written information in other formats (large print, audio, accessible electronic formats, other formats).
• Provides free language assistance services to people whose primary language is not English, which may include:
  • Qualified interpreters
  • Information written in other languages.

If you need reasonable modifications, appropriate auxiliary aids and services, or language assistance services, contact us at 203-785-2140 or YMPatientAdvocacy@yale.edu.

If you believe that Yale Medicine has failed to provide these services or discriminated in another way on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex, you can file a grievance with:

Title:

• Senior Director of Compliance, Section 1557 Coordinator.

Mailing address:

• Yale Medicine Compliance
  P.O. Box 7309
  New Haven CT 06519-0309

Telephone:

• 203-785-2140

You can file a grievance in person, by mail, or by email. If you need help filing a grievance, the Section 1557 Coordinator is available to help you.

You can also file a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, electronically through the Office for Civil Rights Complaint Portal, available at https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/portal/lobby.jsf, or by mail or phone at:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Room 509F, HHH Building
Washington, D.C. 20201
1-800-368-1019, 800-537-7697 (TDD)

Complaint forms are available at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/office/file/index.html.

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