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urn: urn:us-la:rs:40:2208
citation: "R.S. 40:2208"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 40 › Chapter 12 › Part I"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1997, number: 1313, section: 2, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
  - { year: 2017, number: 146, section: 8, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
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# Interpreter services for the deaf and hard of hearing; expenses; coverage

As a requirement for authorization to do business in this state pursuant to R.S. 40:2203, all preferred provider organizations shall provide coverage for expenses incurred by any covered patient who is deaf or hard of hearing for services performed by a qualified interpreter/translator, other than a family member of the covered patient, when such services are used by the covered patient in connection with medical treatment or diagnostic consultations performed by the healthcare provider.