Bill Text: OR SB177 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
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 NOTE: Matter within { + braces and plus signs + } in an amended section is new. Matter within { - braces and minus signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within { + braces and plus signs + } . LC 503 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. + } ----------