Oregon Senate Bill 1606 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-5)
Status: Passed on July 13 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-07-13 - Effective date, July 7, 2020.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Prohibits hospital from conditioning admission or treatment, or suggesting that treatment is conditioned, on patient having POLST or executing advance directive or other instruction regarding administration, withholding or withdrawing of life-sustaining procedures or artificially administered nutrition and hydration. Prohibits hospital from conditioning admission or treatment, or suggesting that treatment is conditioned, on patient having POLST or executing advance directive or other instruction regarding administration, withholding or withdrawing of life-sustaining procedures or artificially administered nutrition and hydration. Requires hospital to permit presence of support person for person with disability in emergency department and during hospital stay under specified conditions. Allows hospital to impose conditions to ensure safety of patient, support person and staff. Authorizes civil penalty or revocation or suspension of license] for violations of specified provisions. Requires health care provider to immediately notify state protection and advocacy organization if, during state of emergency or public health emergency, person acting on behalf of patient with intellectual or developmental disability authorizes withholding or withdrawing of life-sustaining procedures or artificially administered nutrition and hydration or transfer of patient to hospice care or if patient is denied services, care, equipment or treatment based on crisis care guidance.] Requires notification to Department of Human Services case manager, if any, and state protection and advocacy organization] before withholding or withdrawing from person with intellectual or developmental disability life-sustaining procedures or artificially administered nutrition and hydration during state of emergency or state of public health emergency]. Creates unlawful practice of denying medical treatment or restricting or limiting allocation of medical resources to protected class or based on patient's race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability.] Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Relating to health care; and declaring an emergency.

Sen. Peter Courtney [D]	Sen. Sara Gelser Blouin [D]	Sen. Mark Hass [D]	Sen. James Manning [D]
Sen. Laurie Monnes Anderson [D]	Rep. Maxine Dexter [D]	Sen. Cedric Hayden [R]	Rep. Cheri Helt [R]
Rep. Alissa Keny-Guyer [D]	Rep. Robert Nosse [D]	Rep. Bill Post [R]	Rep. Rachel Prusak [D]
Rep. Andrea Salinas [D]	Rep. Sheri Malstrom Schouten [D]	Sen. David Smith [R]	Rep. Marshall Wilde [D]
Rep. Joseph Zika [R]

2020-06-26 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 56 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2020-06-26 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 27 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2020-06-25 - Senate - Senate Committee Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-07-13	Senate	Effective date, July 7, 2020.
2020-07-13	Senate	Chapter 20, 2020 Laws.
2020-07-07	Senate	Governor signed.
2020-07-07	House	Speaker signed.
2020-06-30	Senate	President signed.
2020-06-26	House	Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Prusak. Passed. Ayes, 56; Excused, 4--Barker, Barreto, Clem, McKeown.
2020-06-26	House	Rules suspended. Second reading.
2020-06-26	House	Recommendation: Do pass.
2020-06-26	House	Referred to The First Special Session of 2020.
2020-06-26	House	First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
2020-06-26	Senate	Vote explanation filed by Boquist.
2020-06-26	Senate	Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. Ayes, 27; Excused, 3--Hansell, Linthicum, Olsen.
2020-06-26	Senate	Rules suspended. Second reading.
2020-06-26	Senate	Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)
2020-06-25	Senate	Public Hearing and Work Session held.
2020-06-24	Senate	Referred to The First Special Session of 2020.
2020-06-24	Senate	Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2020S1/Measures/Overview/SB1606
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2020S1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1606/Introduced
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2020S1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1606/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2020S1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1606/A-Engrossed
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2020S1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1606/Enrolled
Roll Call	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2020S1/CommitteeReports/MajorityReport/30869
Roll Call	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2020S1/Measures/MeasureVotes?id=490062
Roll Call	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2020S1/Measures/MeasureVotes?id=490198