Oregon Senate Bill 792 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Failed on July 6 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-07-06 - In committee upon adjournment.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Limits independent medical examinations in litigation to body part or parts or specific condition in controversy. Provides that party against whom civil action is filed may only obtain individually identifiable health information that relates to injured body part or parts or specific condition for which damages are claimed. Provides that physician or psychologist who performs independent medical examination may only use information about examination or individual examined for purposes of litigation for which examination was conducted. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Relating to health records; declaring an emergency.

Sen. Jeff Kruse [R]	Sen. Laurie Monnes Anderson [D]	Sen. Tim Knopp [R]	Rep. John Huffman [R]
Rep. Julie Parrish [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-07-06	Senate	In committee upon adjournment.
2015-03-03	Senate	Referred to Workforce.
2015-02-26	Senate	Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2015R1/Measures/Overview/SB792
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2015R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB792/Introduced