Bill Text: OR HB2450 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to provision of services without compensation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2450 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2013-HB2450-Introduced.html
77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session
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amended section is new. Matter within { - braces and minus
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LC 1826
House Bill 2450
Sponsored by Representative CAMERON (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
Makes certain persons providing outreach services to
individuals who are under supervision of corrections officer
immune from civil liability.
Requires certain regulatory boards to provide and make
available information about how individuals who are under
supervision of corrections officer may receive health care
services from health practitioners who provide those services
without compensation.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to provision of services without compensation; creating
new provisions; and amending section 2, chapter 41, Oregon Laws
2012.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. Section 2, chapter 41, Oregon Laws 2012, is amended
to read:
{ + Sec. 2. + } (1) As used in this section:
(a) 'Homeless individual' has the meaning given that term in 42
U.S.C. 11302, as in effect on the effective date of this 2012
Act.
(b) 'Outreach services' includes, but is not limited to:
(A) Case management services such as assessment and referral
for alcohol or other drug-related services and for housing,
financial, educational and related services; and
(B) Medical or dental services provided by a health
practitioner who complies with ORS 676.340 and 676.345.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a
person providing outreach services to homeless individuals
{ - or - } { + , + } individuals at risk of becoming homeless
individuals { + or individuals who are under the supervision of
a corrections officer as defined in ORS 181.610 + } is immune
from civil liability for all acts or omissions in providing the
care if:
(a) The person has registered as a volunteer with a nonprofit
corporation organized under the laws of this state that has as
one of its principal missions the provision of services to
homeless individuals or individuals at risk of becoming homeless
individuals; and
(b) The services are provided without compensation from the
nonprofit corporation, the individual to whom services are
rendered or any other person.
(3) This section does not apply to intentional torts or to acts
or omissions that constitute gross negligence.
SECTION 2. { + Section 3 of this 2013 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS chapter 676. + }
SECTION 3. { + Each regulatory board listed in ORS 676.345 (1)
shall:
(1) Provide information to the Department of Corrections and
make information available to county community corrections
programs about:
(a) The registration program established by the board under ORS
676.345; and
(b) Opportunities for individuals who are under the supervision
of a corrections officer as defined in ORS 181.610 to receive
health care services from health practitioners who provide the
services without compensation, except for reimbursement for
out-of-pocket expenses; and
(2) Educate and inform health practitioners regulated by the
board about the provisions of law related to providing health
care services without compensation to homeless individuals as
defined in section 2, chapter 41, Oregon Laws 2012, individuals
at risk of becoming homeless and individuals who are under the
supervision of a corrections officer. + }
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