Bill Text: OR HB2655 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

Oregon House Bill 2655 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to barriers to entering a profession; declaring an emergency.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2655 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB2655-Introduced.html



     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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                         House Bill 2655

Sponsored by Representative DOHERTY (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.

  Establishes Task Force on Lowering Barriers to Entering a
Profession for purpose of studying barriers to entering
professions not related to health care.
  Sunsets task force on date of convening of 2015 regular session
of Legislative Assembly.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to barriers to entering a profession; and declaring an
  emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) The Task Force on Lowering Barriers to
Entering a Profession is established, consisting of seven members
appointed as follows:
  (a) The President of the Senate shall appoint two members from
among members of the Senate.
  (b) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint
two members from among members of the House of Representatives.
  (c) The Governor shall appoint:
  (A) One member who represents the Department of Consumer and
Business Services; and
  (B) Two members who represent professional licensing boards not
related to health care.
  (2) Members of the Legislative Assembly appointed to the task
force are nonvoting members of the task force and may act in an
advisory capacity only.
  (3) The task force shall study barriers to entering professions
not related to health care, including barriers related to
acquiring a license to practice the profession.
  (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) The task force shall submit a report in the manner
provided by ORS 192.245, and may include recommendations for
legislation, to an interim committee of the Legislative Assembly
related to education and economic development as appropriate no
later than October 1, 2014.
  (11) The Department of Consumer and Business Services shall
provide staff support to the task force.
  (12) Members of the task force who are not members of the
Legislative Assembly are not entitled to compensation, but may be
reimbursed for actual and necessary travel and other expenses
incurred by them in the performance of their official duties in
the manner and amounts provided for in ORS 292.495. Claims for
expenses incurred in performing functions of the task force shall
be paid out of funds appropriated to the Department of Consumer
and Business Services for purposes of 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 2015 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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