Common use of Interpreter Services Clause in Contracts

Interpreter Services. The MCO shall provide sign and spoken language interpreter services that assist Enrollees in obtaining their program’s covered health services, to the extent that interpreter services are available to the MCO or its subcontractor when services are delivered. The intent of the limitation, above, is that the MCO should not delay the delivery of a necessary health care service, even if through all diligent efforts, no interpreter is available. This does not relieve the MCO from using all diligent efforts to make interpreter services available. The MCO is not required to provide an interpreter for activities of daily living in institutional and residential facilities, but is responsible to provide an interpreter for medical services provided by the MCO outside of the residential facility and the per diem in institutional facilities under this Contract.

Interpreter Services. The MCO shall provide sign and spoken language interpreter services that assist Enrollees in obtaining their program’s covered health services, to the extent that interpreter services are available to the MCO or its subcontractor when services are delivered. The intent of the limitation, above, is that the MCO should not delay the delivery of a necessary health care service, even if through all diligent efforts, no interpreter is available. This does not relieve the MCO from using all diligent efforts to make interpreter services available. The MCO is not required to provide an interpreter for activities of daily living in residential and institutional and residential facilities, but . The MCO is responsible to provide an interpreter for medical services provided by the MCO outside of the residential facility facilities and the per diem in institutional facilities under this Contract.