The first major legislation he wrote was a law requiring hospital emergency rooms to provide interpreter services for non-English speakers.
Immigrant parents have trouble speaking fluent English and are sometimes shy or ashamed to take advantage of interpreter services.
In the same month, she announced $2.1 million for interpreter services for victims of domestic violence.
Linda Haffner, director of interpreter services at Stanford University Hospital and Clinics, said face-to-face interpretation was necessary in certain situations.
The USTP is also releasing information on instances where interpreter services were used.
In FY2011, interpreter services assisted in more than 178,094 interactions with patients and visitors.
It works to maintain health care access to a large number of vulnerable and diverse patients through its interpreter services program and many bilingual primary care providers.
Many health-related settings provide interpreter services for their limited English proficient patients.
The doctor agreed to pay the outstanding bill for interpreter services.
Many United States hospitals are required to provide some manner of interpreter services for people with limited English proficiency-but do those services also bridge the cultural divide?
