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

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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-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2493	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


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 workers' compensation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2493, as introduced, 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 or an independent organization
designated by the administrative director to establish, maintain,
administer, and publish annually an updated list of certified
administrative hearing interpreters it has determined meet certain
minimum standards, for purposes of administrative hearings and
medical examinations conducted in connection with worker's
compensation and appeals to the Worker's Compensation Appeals Board.

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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  so  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) In addition to the certification procedure provided pursuant
to subdivision (a), the Administrative Director of the Division of
Workers' Compensation or an independent organization designated by
the administrative director may 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, for purposes of administrative hearings
conducted pursuant to proceedings of the Workers' Compensation
Appeals Board. 
  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) In addition to the certification procedure provided pursuant
to subdivision (a), the Administrative Director of the Division of
Workers' Compensation or an independent organization designated by
the administrative director may 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, 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.