Bill Text: CA AB2493 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Workers' compensation: administrative hearings and

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2012-09-28 - Consideration of Governor's veto pending. [AB2493 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB2493-Enrolled.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2493	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 22, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 28, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 3, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 25, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Roger Hernández

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Sections 11435.30 and 11435.35 of the Government
Code, relating to state government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2493, Roger Hernández. Workers' compensation: administrative
hearings and medical examinations and treatments: interpreters.
   Existing law requires certain state agencies, including the
Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, to provide language assistance
in adjudicative proceedings. Existing law requires the State
Personnel Board to establish, maintain, administer, and publish
annually for these purposes an updated list of certified
administrative hearing interpreters and medical examination
interpreters it has determined meet certain minimum standards.
   This bill would also authorize the Administrative Director of the
Division of Workers' Compensation to establish, maintain, administer,
and publish annually an updated list of certified administrative
hearing interpreters who, based on testing by an independent
organization designated by the administrative director, have been
determined to meet certain minimum standards, for purposes of
administrative hearings and medical examinations conducted in
connection with workers' compensation and appeals to the Worker's
Compensation Appeals Board. This bill would require a reasonable fee
to be collected from each interpreter seeking certification, to cover
the reasonable regulatory costs of administering the program.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 11435.30 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   11435.30.  (a) The State Personnel Board shall establish,
maintain, administer, and publish annually an updated list of
certified administrative hearing interpreters it has determined meet
the minimum standards in interpreting skills and linguistic abilities
in languages designated pursuant to Section 11435.40. Any
interpreter listed may be examined by each employing agency to
determine the interpreter's knowledge of the employing agency's
technical program terminology and procedures.
   (b) Court interpreters certified pursuant to Section 68562, and
interpreters listed on the State Personnel Board's recommended lists
of court and administrative hearing interpreters prior to July 1,
1993, shall be deemed certified for purposes of this section.
   (c) (1) In addition to the certification procedure provided
pursuant to subdivision (a), the Administrative Director of the
Division of Workers' Compensation may establish, maintain,
administer, and publish annually an updated list of certified
administrative hearing interpreters who, based on testing by an
independent organization designated by the administrative director,
have been determined to meet the minimum standards in interpreting
skills and linguistic abilities in languages designated pursuant to
Section 11435.40, for purposes of administrative hearings conducted
pursuant to proceedings of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board.
The independent testing organization shall have no financial interest
in the training of interpreters or in the employment of interpreters
for administrative hearings.
   (2) A fee, as determined by the administrative director, shall be
collected from each interpreter seeking certification. The fee shall
not exceed the reasonable regulatory costs of administering the
testing and certification program and of publishing the list of
certified administrative hearing interpreters on the Division of
Workers' Compensation Internet Web site.
  SEC. 2.  Section 11435.35 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   11435.35.  (a) The State Personnel Board shall establish,
maintain, administer, and publish annually, an updated list of
certified medical examination interpreters it has determined meet the
minimum standards in interpreting skills and linguistic abilities in
languages designated pursuant to Section 11435.40.
   (b) Court interpreters certified pursuant to Section 68562 and
administrative hearing interpreters certified pursuant to Section
11435.30 shall be deemed certified for purposes of this section.
   (c) (1) In addition to the certification procedure provided
pursuant to subdivision (a), the Administrative Director of the
Division of Workers' Compensation may establish, maintain,
administer, and publish annually an updated list of certified medical
examination interpreters who, based on testing by an independent
organization designated by the administrative director, have been
determined to meet the minimum standards in interpreting skills and
linguistic abilities in languages designated pursuant to Section
11435.40, for purposes of medical examinations conducted pursuant to
proceedings of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, and medical
examinations conducted pursuant to Division 4 (commencing with
Section 3200) of the Labor Code. The independent testing organization
shall have no financial interest in the training of interpreters or
in the employment of interpreters for medical examinations.
   (2) A fee, as determined by the administrative director, shall be
collected from each interpreter seeking certification. The fee shall
not exceed the reasonable regulatory costs of administering the
testing and certification program and of publishing the list of
certified medical examination interpreters on the Division of Workers'
Compensation Internet Web site.