{"id":45571,"date":"2025-07-20T16:20:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T21:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=45571"},"modified":"2025-07-20T16:20:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T21:20:17","slug":"accepting-applications-for-the-board-for-evaluation-of-interpreters-rater-services-open-enrollment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2025\/07\/20\/accepting-applications-for-the-board-for-evaluation-of-interpreters-rater-services-open-enrollment\/","title":{"rendered":"Accepting Applications for the Board for Evaluation of Interpreters Rater Services Open Enrollment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45572\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2025\/07\/20\/accepting-applications-for-the-board-for-evaluation-of-interpreters-rater-services-open-enrollment\/accepting-applications-for-the-board-for-evaluation-of-interpreters-rater-services-open-enrollment\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Accepting-Applications-for-the-Board-for-Evaluation-of-Interpreters-Rater-Services-Open-Enrollment.png?fit=660%2C591&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"660,591\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Accepting Applications for the Board for Evaluation of Interpreters Rater Services Open Enrollment\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Accepting-Applications-for-the-Board-for-Evaluation-of-Interpreters-Rater-Services-Open-Enrollment.png?fit=560%2C501&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-45572\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Accepting-Applications-for-the-Board-for-Evaluation-of-Interpreters-Rater-Services-Open-Enrollment.png?resize=500%2C448&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Accepting-Applications-for-the-Board-for-Evaluation-of-Interpreters-Rater-Services-Open-Enrollment.png?w=660&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Accepting-Applications-for-the-Board-for-Evaluation-of-Interpreters-Rater-Services-Open-Enrollment.png?resize=300%2C269&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Accepting-Applications-for-the-Board-for-Evaluation-of-Interpreters-Rater-Services-Open-Enrollment.png?resize=560%2C501&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Accepting-Applications-for-the-Board-for-Evaluation-of-Interpreters-Rater-Services-Open-Enrollment.png?resize=260%2C233&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Accepting-Applications-for-the-Board-for-Evaluation-of-Interpreters-Rater-Services-Open-Enrollment.png?resize=160%2C143&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Apply for the Board for Evaluation of Interpreters Rater Services Open Enrollment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The HHSC Board for Evaluation of Interpreters (BEI) is accepting applications to establish contracts for rating services of interpreter candidates for the BEI certification program. This includes other specialized services on an as-needed basis in accordance with the specifications contained in the open enrollment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Apply<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Review the open enrollment posting to find the application, supporting documentation, and instructions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.hhs.texas.gov\/open-enrollment\/hhs0016380\">https:\/\/resources.hhs.texas.gov\/open-enrollment\/hhs0016380<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All questions must be submitted to the HHSC Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Contract Administration Manager, Lisa Herbert, at Lisa.Herbert@hhs.texas.gov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apply for the Board for Evaluation of Interpreters Rater Services Open Enrollment The HHSC Board for Evaluation of Interpreters (BEI) is accepting applications to establish contracts for rating services of interpreter candidates for the BEI certification program. This includes other&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2025\/07\/20\/accepting-applications-for-the-board-for-evaluation-of-interpreters-rater-services-open-enrollment\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[167,6122,1637,1065,40,25288],"class_list":["post-45571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news","tag-bei","tag-board-for-evaluation-of-interpreters","tag-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing-services","tag-hhsc","tag-interpreter","tag-lisa-herbert"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-bR1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45949,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2026\/06\/13\/become-a-bei-rater-open-enrollment-opportunity\/","url_meta":{"origin":45571,"position":0},"title":"Become a BEI Rater \u2014 Open Enrollment Opportunity","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"June 13, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Become a BEI Rater \u2014 Open Enrollment Opportunity The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is accepting applications from qualified interpreters and deaf professionals interested in contracting with HHSC to serve as paid raters for the Board for Evaluation of Interpreters (BEI) program. 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