Notice of Nondiscrimination and Accessibility

Discrimination is Against the Law

Newman Regional Health complies with applicable Federal Civil Rights Law and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, or sex (including sex characteristics, intersex traits, sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex stereotypes), pregnancy or pregnancy-related conditions.  Newman Regional Health does not exclude people or treat them less favorably because of race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, or sex.

Newman Regional Health

• 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 formants (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 services, contact Ester Knobloch, Civil Rights Coordinator.

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

Ester Knobloch
Civil Rights Coordinator
1201 West 12^th Ave.
Emporia, KS 66801
Phone: 620-343-6800 ext. 22110
Fax: 620-340-6707
eknobloch@newmanrh.org

You can file a grievance in person or by mail, fax, or email.  If you need help filing a grievance, Ester Knobloch, Civil Rights 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.

This notice is available at Newman Regional Health’s website:
https://www.newmanrh.org/