legislative updates

House Unanimously Passes Legislation to Lessen Liability for HealthCare Professionals

Assuming the bill makes it through the Senate, it would provide immunity from civil liability for volunteers who provide services without compensation
February 22, 2012 -- A bill that would lessen the liability for healthcare professionals who provide services to people and places, such as homeless camps, passed the Oregon House unanimously yesterday. Read More >>

Oregon House and Senate Unanimously Agree on New Changes to HIV Testing

Advocates expect HIV testing rates to increase as a result leading to earlier diagnosis and treatment
February 22, 2012—Both the House and Senate have unanimously passed a bill that will make HIV testing a part of routine blood work and other lab tests performed by a physician or hospital. Read More >>

Insurance Exchange’s Request to Pursue Its Own Health Coverage Met with Skepticism

Rocky King, executive director of the exchange, wants to try out some innovative coverage models prior to small businesses purchasing coverage through the exchange
February 2, 2012—An unexpectedly heated debate transpired in the House Health Care Committee yesterday over whether the Oregon Health Insurance Exchange’s 11 staff members should be able to seek their own healthcare coverage rather than be covered by the Public Employees’ Benefit Board (PEBB), which provides benefits to state employees. Read More >>

Farms-to-Schools Program Can Improve Children’s Health

Two school districts will begin using produce grown by farmers in school lunches this fall after legislators appropriated $200,000 for the program
June 20, 2011—House Bill 2800, which creates the Oregon Farm-to-School and School Garden Program awaits Governor John Kitzhaber’s signature, and was one of the few bills to pass this session with unanimous support in both the House and the Senate. Read More >>

Final Healthcare Legislative Roundup

The healthcare legislation approved by the House and Senate in the final week of session
July 5, 2011 -- The Oregon Legislature adjourned “sine die,” the Latin term for adjournment, last Thursday at 2:50pm, and in its final week, continued passing significant health-related bills, including the massive overall of the Oregon Health Plan that has been dubbed the “healthcare transformation” bill. Read More >>

Governor Kitzhaber Calls for Nominations

People interested in serving on a work group to implement the transformation process and the health insurance exchange are invited to submit applications
June 30, 2011 -- Oregon has passed historic health care legislation this session to help create a health insurance exchange and to begin transforming and improving care under the Oregon Health Plan. The next steps will be to deliver plans to lawmakers by February, 2012.   Read More >>

Strategy for Patient-Centered Home Recruitment Under Way

The big question, according to Carole Romm, chair of the Medicaid Advisory Committee, is how to recruit people
June 30, 2011—Voluntary enrollment, increasing knowledge amongst providers and consumers, and creating a uniform message were all on the table when the Medicaid Advisory Committee discussed how to recruit patients into patient-centered primary care homes when it met last week.
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Psychiatric Security Review Board Reform Bills Set to Become Law

Although both House Bill 3100 and Senate Bill 420 passed the Legislature handily, doubts still remain
June 29, 2011—Two bills that will reform the Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB) have passed the House and Senate. Expected to soon become law, they represent the most substantive changes to Oregon’s mental health system in many years.    Read More >>

Oregon’s Quarantine Laws Get A Needed Update

The Department of Justice must give its “best effort” to notify an individual before quarantining in emergency situations
June 30, 2011—Oregon’s quarantine and isolation laws are rarely used. But when someone has tuberculosis, measles, or another virulently communicable disease, it’s critical that public health officials act quickly to protect the general public’s health. Read More >>

Healthcare Legislative Roundup

Here is the healthcare legislation approved by the House and Senate, and signed by the Governor during the week of June 20 through June 24
June 27, 2011—As the Legislature wraps up the session, there are a few healthcare bills that passed last week.
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