The state Legislature decided four years ago that the estimated 1.1 million patients in California who pay for private health insurance but speak little or no English should receive services such as language interpreters and translated materials from their insurance providers. Lawmakers set a deadline of mid 2008 for providers to submit a compliance plan to state regulators, with fines for noncompliance scheduled to begin in 2009. The move, expected to cost tens of millions of dollars in private money, has generated little opposition. Proponents of English as the official language of the...
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