SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1214        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 560

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act Requiring Reimbursement for the Costs of Providing Competent Interpreter Services..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Section 23 A, paragraph (b), of Chapter 123 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence at the end thereof:

“The costs of providing interpreter services shall be recognized and separately reimbursed by the patient’s insurance provider, including but not limited to the Division of Medical Assistance or its agent”