Nondiscrimination Policy

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System and its covered entity affiliates including St. Elizabeth Hospital, St. Francis Medical Center, Our Lady of the Angels, Our Lady of the Lake, Our Lady of Lourdes, and their subsidiaries complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.  Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System and its covered entity affiliates does not exclude people or treat them differently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System and its covered entity affiliates:

• Provides free aids and services to people with disabilities 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 services to people whose primary language is not English, such as:
• Qualified interpreters
• Information written in other languages

If you need these services, please contact the Civil Rights Coordinator listed below at the individual facility.

If you believe that Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System or one of its covered entity affiliates 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 the following Civil Rights Coordinator at the facility in question:

You can file a grievance in person, by mail or email. If you need help filing a grievance, the Civil Rights Coordinator at each facility is available to assist 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:

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

Notice of Language Assistance Services

Our Lady of the Angels Hospital