Legislative Session number- 81

Bill Name: SF1582

Requiring the commissioner of administration to establish programs for the
voluntary registration of general and specialized interpreters to facilitate
access to services by persons with limited English skills; specifying
application and commissioner recordkeeping and list preparation and availability
requirements; protecting and regulating the use of certain titles; specifying
certain requirements for registration of general interpreters including
notarized statements of compliance with certain professional standards and a
specified code of ethics; specifying certain training and examination
requirements for the registration of specialized interpreters; creating the
interpreter advisory council, specifying membership and duties; requesting the
board of regents of the university of Minnesota and requiring the board of
trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities (MnSCU) to participate
in a joint project to develop a pilot training program for spoken language
interpreters in community service settings, recommending certain training sites,
curricula, prerequisites, qualifications for instructors and an outside
evaluation of the program; encouraging public and private entities employing or
contracting with interpreters to assist in registration of the interpreters;
requiring the advisory council to develop certain recommendations, specifying
certain consultation requirements and requiring a report to the legislature by a
certain date(ra)