2007 House Bill 4208 ↩

Senate Roll Call 136: Passed

To explicitly place in Michigan law the same requirement imposed by the Americans with Disabilities Act that a potential private employer, health care facility, educational institution, or financial institution must hire a "qualified interpreter" for the deaf or blind in any employment, medical, educational or financial situation involving a deaf or blind person, establish that a "qualified interpretor" is only one who has been certified by through the National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf or another national organization recognized by state authorities. The bill would also authorize criminal penalties for a person posing as a qualified interpreter without the necessary credentials or government approval.