are scheduled through Washington State's coordinating entity CTS LanguageLink. The contract performance measures are posted on HCA’s website
DSHS APPOINTMENTS
SFY2017 15,836
SFY2016 16,782
SFY2015 15,943
SFY2014 15,556
Overall Filled Rate SFY 2015
91% Filled
HCA (Medicaid) APPOINTMENTS
SFY2017 359,750
SFY2016 327,737
SFY2015 282,636
SFY2014 228,561
SFY2013 201,576 SFY2012 196,176
HCA (Medicaid) BUDGET
Jul 2013/Jun 2015 $25.1M
Jul 2011/Jun 2013 $18.1M
Jul 2009/Jun 2011 $23.0M
HCA (Medicaid) HOURLY RATE
July 2017 $38.50
July 2016 $38.00
July 2015 $37.10
July 2014 $32.50 July 2013 $32.00 July 2012 $31.50 July 2011 $30.00
FIRST UNION CONTRACT 2010 $21.00
A modified procurement model began on July 1, 2011.
The coordinating entity procurement model began on September 24, 2012.
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In 2013, two Democrats traded control of the Washington State Senate to Republicans in exchange for better job titles and bigger offices. In 2014, the real consequences of those partisan political machinations are clearer than ever. Progressive policies and job-creating infrastructure investments supported by both Gov. Jay Inslee and the Democratic-controlled House were blocked by Senate Republicans. They killed dozens of House-approved labor-backed bills on everything from wage theft to electricians’ certification, in most cases without a public hearing. Instead, Senate Republicans spent the 2014 session launching aggressive attacks on labor standards and public employees. Pushed by national right- wing groups, these bills had little chance of passage in blue Washington. It was all about election-year posturing. As you’ll read throughout this WSLC Legislative Report, voters in Washington state didn’t ask for it, but in 2014 they got another bitter taste of Washington, D.C.-style political gridlock.
Desperately needed procurement reform in taxpayers funded interpreter services for L&I and other state agencies died in the Senate despite ample proof that it would save millions of dollars to WA State taxpayers and businesses.
Pressured by the US Department of Justice's investigation for non-compliance with Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, a bill that would have aligned WA State laws with federal regulations died in the Senate. The expansion of the incredibly successful AOC interpreter expense reimbursement program awaits the return to sanity by the legislative body. Meanwhile WA State courts, which are funded by counties and cities, continue to have a very hard time providing equal justice for all.
You can read more about our legislature's dysfunction in the 2014 Legislative Report and Voting Record released by the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO.