Legislative Session number- 86

Bill Name: SF1693

Requiring a health plan to cover sign language interpreter services provided to
deaf and hard-of-hearing enrollees and certain language interpreter services for
enrollees with limited English proficiency to facilitate health care services by
a provider or health care facility, defining provider, specifying certain
reimbursement requirements; requiring commissioner of health in consultation
with commissioners of commerce, human services and Minnesota management and
budget to convene a work group to study the provision of interpreter services to
patients in medical and dental care settings, specifying certain membership
requirements and duties, requiring report the legislature
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