Requires hospitals to permit an interpreter to remain with a deaf, hard of hearing or nonverbal patient during admission to a hospital until appropriate hospital staff is assigned to interpret.
Requires hospitals and nursing homes to provide access to certain interpreter services for deaf and hard of hearing.
Requires hospitals and nursing homes to provide access to certain interpreter services for deaf and hard of hearing.
Requires approval by the Rhode Island commission the deaf and hard of hearing before any reduction in American Sign Language interpreter services in hospitals and other public service facilities.
Requires general hospitals and nursing homes to offer free notarial services to patients; requires an employee of such general hospital or nursing home who is a notary public to be present from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on business days.
Amends current law on interpreter services to mandate hospitals provide a certified, interpreter for every non-English speaker, unless there is no national or state certification for a specific language so that a qualified interpreter may be used.
Nursing Staff-to-patient Ratios In Hospitals
Requires hospitals maintain a directory of patient information with opt in provisions.
Raises the minimum fee for temporary interpreters; requires that town and village courts share in the compensation of such temporary interpreters.
Requires hospitals to obtain verbal and written informed consent from a patient or representative before including such patient's information in a general hospital facility directory.