Requires hospitals to permit an interpreter to remain with a deaf, hard of hearing or nonverbal patient during admission to a hospital until appropriate hospital staff is assigned to interpret.
Relates to the licensing of sign language interpreters; creates a state board for sign language interpreting.
Relates to the licensing of sign language interpreters; creates a state board for sign language interpreting.
Requires hospitals to provide language assistance services to a patient or a patient's assistant for communication of clinical and other information, including but not limited to health care, billing and making appointments, to ensure effective communication; provides that such interpreter may be a qualified interpreter, volunteer or medical personnel at such hospital; provides for such services to be available at all locations during all times that patient care is available; provides that translations of frequently used forms essential to a patient's care and treatment be available in all of the hospital's primary languages; provides for training of those providing interpretation services; requires the hospital to submit to the commissioner an annual report assessing compliance; defines primary language and patient visits.
Provides for payments to rural hospitals designated as critical access hospitals.
Provides for payments to rural hospitals designated as critical access hospitals.
Raises the minimum fee for temporary interpreters; requires that town and village courts share in the compensation of such temporary interpreters.
Raises the minimum fee for temporary interpreters; requires that town and village courts share in the compensation of such temporary interpreters.
Requires general hospitals and nursing homes to offer free notarial services to patients; requires an employee of such general hospital or nursing home who is a notary public to be present from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on business days.
Requires general hospitals and nursing homes to offer free notarial services to patients; requires an employee of such general hospital or nursing home who is a notary public to be present from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on business days.