{"abstract":"The HHS Office of Minority Health announces the publication of final national standards on culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS) in health care, following a 120-day comment period on draft standards in 2000 and revisions to the standards. The CLAS standards, with a brief background summary of the development and comment process, are printed below.","action":"Final report.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2000/12/22/00-32685.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"65 FR 80865","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":null,"disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"00-32685","effective_on":null,"end_page":80879,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2000/12/22/00-32685.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/12/22/00-32685/office-of-minority-health-national-standards-on-culturally-and-linguistically-appropriate-services","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/00-32685?publication_date=2000-12-22","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2000-12-22/00-32685/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":15,"page_views":{"count":3913,"last_updated":"2026-09-23 02:15:05 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-12-22/pdf/00-32685.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2000-12-22","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2000/12/22/00-32685.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":80865,"subtype":null,"title":"Office of Minority Health; National Standards on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health Care","toc_doc":"Culturally and linguistically appropriate services in health care; national standards; final report","toc_subject":"Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":65}