Section 77.07. Reimbursement policies.

 

(1)   Reimbursement rates. The department shall reimburse communication access services providers according to certification and verification levels, with the levels requiring the most skill receiving the highest rates of pay.

(2)   Reimbursement policies.

(a) To be eligible for department reimbursement, an agency that provides communication access services providers shall provide to the department proof that the agency is exempt from federal income taxation and does not charge a fee to the consumer or the communication access services coordination agency that contacts the agency supplying providers.

(b) A state employee who is a certified communication access services provider or verified interpreter may, if no other provider is available, be reimbursed for assignments completed after normal working hours, while on vacation or during leave without pay. The state employee shall demonstrate that there is no conflict of interest in accepting a reimbursed interpreting assignment by obtaining the prior approval of his or her supervisor. The state employee shall be reimbursed at rates charged by individual providers or communication access services coordination agencies on a fee-for-service basis.

History: CR 99-009 : cr. Register November 2002 No. 563 , eff. 12-1-02.

Note

The proofs and confirmations in par. (a) ensure that the agency is not required by federal or state law to provide communication access services. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1