. >> reporter: dr. choifamilies rely on family members. >> oftentimes that's a no-no. they summarize. >> reporter: chavez realizes it could get worse. what's at stake? >> health care, people's livens. people's well being. >> reporter: in california some help may come from a bill now before the legislature that would add 7,000 licensed medical interpre teters. there are currently just 800 currently. dr. choi has heard 11 different languages in her exam room. how difficult is it to give your patient the care they need when you can't understand each other? >> it's almost impossible. >> until the state steps in and provide some type of interpretation, unfortunately it's up to each provider, hospital, clinic, in the me meanti meantime, i guess, to provide the interpreter. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," an update on the severe weather in the plains and midwest. we'll be live from the scene. >>> plus, the uproar over the so-called yoga tax in washington, d.c. chip reid has details. >>> a

. >> reporter: dr. choin patients rely on family members to translate. >> that's one of the biggest no h noes. oftentimes they summarize but that loses a lot of detail we need to make in clinics. >> reporter: chavez realizes it could get worse. what's at stake? >> health care, people's lives, people's well being. >> reporter: in california some relief may come from a bill now before the state legislature that would add 7,000 licensed medical interpreters. there are currently just 800. dr. choi has heard 11 different languages in her exam room. how difficult is it to give your patient the care they need when you can't understand each other? >> it's almost impossible. >> until the state and federal government step in and provide some type of interpretation system, unfortunately i think it's up to each provider, hospital, clinic to in the meantime, i guess, bare the burden, right? >> reporter: and to put on a band dade until a cure arrives. bigad shaban, cbs news, los angeles. >>> coming up after your local new