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Gov. John Kitzhaber will sign Senate Bill 444, which expands the state’s smoke-free zones to include private automobiles that carry children. Police will only be able to cite motorists who allegedly violate another traffic law.

June 4, 2013 — Patients who see a nurse practitioner for their primary care needs may not have to visit a pharmacy to get their prescriptions filled under legislation that passed the House unanimously on Monday.

June 3, 2013 -- During Wednesday’s Oregon House of Representatives floor session, Rep. Gail Whitsett (R-Klamath Falls) called for a vote on a bill to require the Department of Human Services to ensure that electronic benefits transfer cards can’t be used to purchase pre-paid credit cards.

Co-founder and medical director Dr. Jill Ginsberg says the clinic will be able to see insured patients soon – but suspects getting all eligible people enrolled under the Medicaid expansion will take years

May 31, 2013 — Pressure from the state Legislature has succeeded in pushing Salem Health toward mediation and potentially ending the seven-month standoff with its coordinated care organization, Willamette Valley Community Health.

May 31, 2013 -- The Medicare Trustees today projected that the trust fund that finances Medicare’s hospital insurance coverage will remain solvent until 2026, two years beyond what was projected in last year’s report.