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EXHIBIT A <br />WASHINGTON STATE INTERPRETER SERVICES FUNDING <br />Funding Conditions and Payment Structure <br />The Court Interpreter Reimbursement Program funding conditions and payment <br />structure shall be as follows: <br />1. General Funding Conditions <br />The AOC will reimburse courts under this Agreement for the cost of interpreters <br />and other goods and services that improve language access in the courts for <br />Limited English Proficient ("LEP") deaf, and hard of hearing persons. This includes <br />AOC-certified registered, or otherwise court -qualified interpreters appointed <br />pursuant to RCW 2.42 and RCW 2.43 under the following conditions listed under <br />Section 2 "Qualifying Interpreter Events." <br />It also includes goods and services that improve language access, listed under <br />Section 3 "Language Access Items,' and services fisted under Section 4 <br />"Language Access Services". <br />Courts shall work with AOC staff in determining whether an expense that is riot <br />explicitly mentioned below, qualifies as a reimbursable expense under the <br />Agreement. <br />2. Qualifying Interpreting Events <br />The AOC will reimburse courts under this Agreement for the cost of AOC-certified, <br />registered, or otherwise court -qualified interpreters appointed pursuant to RCW 2.42 <br />and RCW 2.43 under the following conditions which are herein referred to as <br />"Qualifying Events": <br />A. Spoken Language Interpreters Qualifying Events <br />1) Certified and Registered Language Interpreters <br />Compensation for interpreters currently credentialed by the AOC in the <br />certified and registered language categories shall be reimbursed for <br />actual compensation paid pursuant to the payment structure for those <br />interpreters as outlined in Section 5 entitled "Payment Structure". <br />2) Non-Ceedentialed Interpreters in Certified and Registered Language <br />Categories <br />If the AOC master interpreter list for certified or registered languages <br />does not include any interpreters credentialed by the AOC for those <br />languages, reimbursement will be provided for actual compensation paid <br />pursuant to the payment structure as outlined in Section 5 "Payment <br />Structure', for those interpreters providing that the interpreter is found <br />otherwise qualified on the record by the Court pursuant to RCW 2.43. <br />Washington State Interpreter Services Funding - Exhibit A Page 1 of 6 <br />