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REV June 2025 AOC2745 Page 11 of 14 <br />APPENDIX A <br /> <br />WASHINGTON STATE LANGUAGE ACCESS AND INTERPRETER <br />REIMBURSEMENT PROGRM FUNDING <br />FUNDING CONDITIONS AND PAYMENT STRUCTURE <br />The Language Access and Reimbursement Program funding conditions and payment <br />structure shall be as follows: <br />1. GENERAL FUNDING CONDITIONS <br />The Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC), will reimburse <br />courts under this Agreement for the cost of spoken language interpretation and <br />sign language interpretation and other goods and services that improve language <br />access in the courts for Limited English Proficient (LEP), deaf, and hard of hearing <br />persons. This includes interpreters credentialed by AOC (certified or registered), <br />or otherwise court-qualified interpreters appointed pursuant to RCW 2.42 and <br />RCW 2.43 under the following conditions listed under Section 2 “Qualifying <br />Interpreter Events.” <br />It also includes goods and services that improve language access, listed under <br />Section 3 “Language Access Goods and Services”. <br />Courts shall work with AOC staff in determining whether an expense that is not <br />explicitly mentioned below, qualifies as a reimbursable expense under the <br />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 WA <br />state AOC-credentialed or otherwise court-qualified interpreters pursuant to <br />RCW 2.43 that meet one of the following conditions: <br />a) If there is at least one WA state AOC credentialed interpreter in the <br />language being used, then reimbursement will only be provided for using <br />an AOC credentialed 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 <br />the 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 <br />interpreters if there is one or more WA state AOC credentialed <br />interpreter listed for the language being used. <br /> <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 59055BC5-612D-4FDD-90F4-274850012C8D