Bill Text: OR SB177 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

Oregon Senate Bill 177 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to healthy people; declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Unknown

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB177 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB177-Introduced.html



     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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                         Senate Bill 177

Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Governor John A. Kitzhaber,
  M.D., for Oregon Department of Administrative Services)

                             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 Healthy People. Specifies membership
and duties. Requires report to Governor and interim committees of
Legislative Assembly by October 1, 2013.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to healthy people; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) The Task Force on Healthy People is
established, consisting of nine members appointed by the
Governor.
  (2) The task force shall study and develop recommendations for:
  (a) Fundamentally changing how health care is delivered in
Oregon through integration and coordination of benefits and
services, local accountability for health and resource
allocation, standards for safe and effective care and a global
Medicaid budget tied to a sustainable rate of growth in the
medical assistance programs;
  (b) Shifting resources to focus on prevention of chronic
disease;
  (c) Ensuring financial stability and an adequate array of
supports for the long term care system for children and adults
with intellectual and other developmental disabilities;
  (d) Ensuring that all Oregonians have access to decent housing
that meets their basic needs and allows them to reach their full
potential; and
  (e) Ensuring that all Oregonians have access to sufficient,
nutritious and affordable food by improving the food supply and
improving food quality in work places, schools and community
settings.
  (3) A majority of the voting members of the task force
constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
  (4) Official action by the task force requires the approval of
a majority of the voting members of the task force.
  (5) The Governor shall select one member of the task force to
serve as chairperson and another to serve as vice chairperson,
for the terms and with the duties and powers necessary for the
performance of the functions of such offices as the Governor
determines.
  (6) If there is a vacancy for any cause, the Governor shall
make an appointment to become immediately effective.
  (7) 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.
  (8) The task force may adopt rules necessary for the operation
of the task force.
  (9) The task force shall submit a report in the manner provided
in ORS 192.245, and may include recommendations for legislation,
to the Governor and to the interim committees of the Legislative
Assembly related to health as appropriate no later than October
1, 2013.
  (10) The Oregon Health Authority shall provide staff support to
the task force.
  (11) Members of the task force 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 shall be paid out of funds
appropriated to the authority for purposes of the task force.
  (12) 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 2014 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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