Bill Text: OR HB2348 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to regional public health authorities; and declaring an emergency.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-07-02 - Chapter 609, (2013 Laws): Effective date July 2, 2013. [HB2348 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2013-HB2348-Enrolled.html
77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session
Enrolled
House Bill 2348
Sponsored by Representative GREENLICK, Senator STEINER HAYWARD
(Presession filed.)
CHAPTER ................
AN ACT
Relating to regional public health authorities; and declaring an
emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. { + (1) The Task Force on the Future of Public
Health Services is established, consisting of 15 members
appointed as follows:
(a) The President of the Senate shall appoint from among
members of the Senate one member from the majority party and one
member from the minority party.
(b) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint
from among members of the House of Representatives one member
from the majority party and one member from the minority party.
(c) The Governor shall appoint:
(A) One member who is a county commissioner;
(B) Two members who are county public health officials;
(C) One member with expertise and experience in local health
care;
(D) Two members who represent local nonprofit entities that
regularly work with public health departments; and
(E) One member who is an academic professional specializing in
public health.
(d) The Director of the Oregon Health Authority shall appoint
three at large members.
(e) The Director of Human Services shall appoint one at large
member.
(2)(a) The task force shall study the regionalization and
consolidation of public health services and the future of public
health services in this state in order to make recommendations
for legislation.
(b) The task force shall focus on recommendations that:
(A) Create a public health system for the future.
(B) Explore the creation of regional structures to provide
public health services that are consistent with the distribution
of population and established patterns of delivery of health care
services.
(C) Enhance efficiency and effectiveness in the provision of
public health services.
(D) Allow for appropriate partnerships with regional health
care service providers and community organizations.
(E) Consider cultural and historical appropriateness.
(F) Are supported by best practices.
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(3) The task force may inform its deliberations with the
opinions and practices of nationally recognized experts and
programs.
(4) A majority of the voting members of the task force
constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
(5) Official action by the task force requires the approval of
a majority of the voting members of the task force.
(6) The task force shall elect one of its members to serve as
chairperson.
(7) If there is a vacancy for any cause, the appointing
authority shall make an appointment to become immediately
effective.
(8) The task force shall meet at times and places specified by
the call of the chairperson or of a majority of the voting
members of the task force.
(9) The task force may adopt rules necessary for the operation
of the task force.
(10)(a) No later than October 1, 2014, the task force shall
submit, in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, to an interim
committee of the Legislative Assembly related to public health, a
report relating to the future of public health services,
including an exploration of the regionalization and consolidation
of public health services.
(b) If the task force determines that legislation is necessary,
the report shall contain recommendations for legislative
concepts.
(11) The Oregon Health Authority shall provide staff support to
the task force.
(12) Notwithstanding ORS 171.072, members of the task force who
are members of the Legislative Assembly are not entitled to
mileage expenses or a per diem and serve as volunteers on the
task force. Other members of the task force are not entitled to
compensation or reimbursement for expenses and serve as
volunteers on the task force.
(13) All agencies of state government, as defined in ORS
174.111, are directed to assist the task force in the performance
of its duties and, to the extent permitted by laws relating to
confidentiality, to furnish such information and advice as the
members of the task force consider necessary to perform their
duties. + }
SECTION 2. { + Section 1 of this 2013 Act is repealed on the
date of the convening of the 2016 regular session of the
Legislative Assembly as specified in ORS 171.010. + }
SECTION 3. { + This 2013 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2013 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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Passed by House April 23, 2013
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Ramona J. Line, Chief Clerk of House
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Tina Kotek, Speaker of House
Passed by Senate June 26, 2013
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Peter Courtney, President of Senate
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Received by Governor:
......M.,............., 2013
Approved:
......M.,............., 2013
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John Kitzhaber, Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
......M.,............., 2013
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Kate Brown, Secretary of State
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