Oregon Senate Bill 970 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Failed on July 6 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-07-06 - In committee upon adjournment.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes Task Force on Rural Air Ambulance Services. Directs task force to study market for air ambulance services in rural areas of this state, identify strengths and weaknesses, opportunities for improvement and potential difficulties that could reduce air ambulance service availability, coverage or quality or increase costs, examine feasibility of establishing arrangements to enable air ambulance service providers to cooperate in providing services to rural residents of this state and recommend solutions to provide cost-effective and affordable services. Directs task force to report to committees of Legislative Assembly by September 15, 2015. Sunsets task force December 31, 2016. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Relating to air ambulance services in rural areas of this state; declaring an emergency.

Sen. Ted Ferrioli [R]	Sen. Cliff Bentz [R]	Sen. Bill Hansell [R]	Sen. Tim Knopp [R]
Sen. Douglas Whitsett [R]	Rep. Gregory Barreto [R]	Rep. Mike McLane [R]	Rep. Gene Whisnant [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-07-06	Senate	In committee upon adjournment.
2015-06-24	Senate	Public Hearing held.
2015-06-11	Senate	Referred to Health Care.
2015-06-08	Senate	Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2015R1/Measures/Overview/SB970
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2015R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB970/Introduced