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Page 1 of 3 <br />EXHIBIT A <br />WASHINGTON STATE LANGUAGE ACCESS AND INTERPRETER REIMBURSEMENT <br />PROGRM FUNDING <br />FUNDING CONDITIONS AND PAYMENT STRUCTURE <br />The Language Access and Reimbursement Program funding conditions and payment structure <br />shall be as follows: <br />1.GENERAL FUNDING CONDITIONS <br />The Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC), will reimburse courts <br />under this Agreement for the cost of spoken language interpretation and sign language <br />interpretation 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 />interpreters credentialed by AOC (certified or registered), or otherwise court-qualified <br />interpreters appointed pursuant to RCW 2.42 and RCW 2.43 under the following conditions <br />listed under Section 2 “Qualifying Interpreter Events.” <br />It also includes goods and services that improve language access, listed under Section 3 <br />“Language Access Goods and Services”. <br />Courts shall work with AOC staff in determining whether an expense that is not explicitly <br />mentioned below, qualifies as a reimbursable expense under the Agreement. <br />2.QUALIFYING INTERPRETING EVENTS <br />A.Spoken Language Interpreters Qualifying Events <br />AOC will reimburse courts for 50% of the actual expenses for services of AOC- <br />credentialed or otherwise court-qualified interpreters pursuant to RCW 2.43 that meet <br />one of the following conditions: <br />a)If there is at least one AOC credentialed interpreter in the language being used, <br />then reimbursement will only be provided for using an AOC credentialed <br />interpreter who is credentialed in that language. <br />b) Compensation for interpreters for languages for which neither a certified <br />interpreter nor registered interpreter is offered will be reimbursed where the <br />interpreter has been qualified on the record pursuant to RCW 2.43. <br />c)Courts will not be reimbursed for events using non-AOC credentialed interpreters <br />if there is one or more AOC credentialed interpreter listed for the language being <br />used. <br />B.Sign Language Interpreters Qualifying Events <br />AOC will reimburse courts for 50% of the actual expenses for services of American Sign <br />Language (ASL) interpreters and Certified Deaf Interpreters (CDI) pursuant to RCW <br />2.42 when the interpreter is listed with the Department of Social and Health Services, <br />Office of Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DSHS, ODHH) as a court-certified interpreter. <br />The Office of Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ODHH) at the Department of Social and Health <br />Services (DSHS) maintains a list of Certified Court Sign Language Interpreters. This list <br />includes American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters and Certified Deaf Interpreters <br />IAA25452 <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 6C7238B3-347F-4A8A-8171-604A18B647D4