Oregon House Bill 2359 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-1)
Status: Passed on September 25 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-09-25 - Chapter 453, (2021 Laws): Effective date July 14, 2021.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Requires health care providers to work with health care interpreters from health care interpreter registry operated by Oregon Health Authority to provide interpretation services. Requires health care providers to work with health care interpreters from health care interpreter registry operated by Oregon Health Authority to provide interpretation services. Requires health professional regulatory boards, Department of Human Services and authority to adopt rules to enforce requirement. Provides exceptions. Requires interpretation service companies to only employ or contract with health care interpreters listed on health care registry, subject to exceptions. Requires Oregon Council on Health Care Interpreters to develop and approve standards for testing, qualification and certification of certain health care interpreters. Requires authority to train and certify or qualify health care interpreters and maintain central registry of certified or qualified health care interpreters. Requires coordinated care organizations to work with health care interpreters listed on health care interpreter registry. Makes certain health care interpreters subject workers for purposes of workers' compensation benefits. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Relating to health care interpreters; and declaring an emergency.

Rep. Andrea Salinas [D]	Rep. Ricki Ruiz [D]	Sen. Lew Frederick [D]	Rep. Teresa Alonso Leon [D]
Rep. Janelle Bynum [D]	Sen. Wlnsvey Campos [D]	Rep. Maxine Dexter [D]	Rep. Dacia Grayber [D]
Rep. Gary Leif [R]	Rep. Robert Nosse [D]	Rep. Khanh Pham [D]	Rep. Lisa Reynolds [D]
Rep. Tawna Sanchez [D]	Rep. Sheri Malstrom Schouten [D]	Sen. Janeen Sollman [D]	Rep. Andrea Valderrama [D]

2021-06-22 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-06-17 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 50 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-06-11 - House - House Committee Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng bill. (Printed B-Eng.) (Y: 23 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-04-13 - House - House Committee Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.) (Y: 8 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-09-25	House	Chapter 453, (2021 Laws): Effective date July 14, 2021.
2021-07-14	House	Governor signed.
2021-06-26	Senate	President signed.
2021-06-24	House	Speaker signed.
2021-06-22	Senate	Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
2021-06-22	Senate	Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. Ayes, 21; Nays, 8--Boquist, Findley, Girod, Heard, Linthicum, Robinson, Thatcher, Thomsen; Excused, 1--Manning Jr.
2021-06-21	Senate	Second reading.
2021-06-21	Senate	Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill.
2021-06-17	Senate	Referred to Ways and Means.
2021-06-17	Senate	First reading. Referred to President's desk.
2021-06-17	House	Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Salinas. Passed. Ayes, 50; Nays, 9--Boshart Davis, Breese-Iverson, Cate, Hayden, Levy, Moore-Green, Post, Reschke, Wallan.
2021-06-17	House	Second reading.
2021-06-15	House	Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed.
2021-06-11	House	Work Session held.
2021-06-08	House	Returned to Full Committee.
2021-06-08	House	Work Session held.
2021-06-03	House	Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services.
2021-04-19	House	Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker.
2021-04-19	House	Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means.
2021-04-13	House	Work Session held.
2021-03-02	House	Public Hearing held.
2021-01-19	House	Referred to Health Care.
2021-01-11	House	First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2359
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2359/Introduced
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2359/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2359/A-Engrossed
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2359/House%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2359/B-Engrossed
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2359/Enrolled
Roll Call	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/CommitteeReports/MajorityReport/32085
Roll Call	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/CommitteeReports/MajorityReport/32893
Roll Call	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/MeasureVotes?id=531551
Roll Call	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/MeasureVotes?id=532603