Bill Text: OR SB21 | 2013 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to long term care; and declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Unknown

Status: (Passed) 2013-07-03 - Effective date, July 1, 2013. [SB21 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB21-Engrossed.html

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     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
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LC 371

                           A-Engrossed

                         Senate Bill 21
                 Ordered by the Senate April 17
           Including Senate Amendments dated April 17

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 Department of Human 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.

  Requires Department of Human Services to develop plan for  { +
improving + } long term care { +  system in Oregon + }. Specifies
 { - requirements for development and implementation - }  { +
required elements + } of plan.   { +  Requires department to
convene committee to assist in development of plan and specifies
membership of committee. Requires department to report plan to
Legislative Assembly by February 1, 2015. + }
  Sunsets January 2,   { - 2019 - }  { +  2016 + }.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to long term care; and declaring an emergency.
  Whereas older adults and persons with disabilities can live
long and healthy lives; and
  Whereas many of these Oregonians need assistance to live as
independently as possible; and
  Whereas Oregon's long term care system has been a national
leader in ensuring that seniors and persons with disabilities
receive care that honors their independence, individual choices
and dignity in a culturally and linguistically responsive manner;
and
  Whereas most Oregonians take today's array of choices and the
cost-effectiveness of long term care for granted, but many of the
options are available only to Medicaid-eligible individuals; and
  Whereas the aging of our society poses both challenges and
opportunities; and
  Whereas health system transformation is changing the landscape
of the health care delivery system and the long term care system
is changing to better coordinate health care, long term care and
supports; and
  Whereas the state has an obligation and an opportunity to
engage in bold and innovative research and planning to meet the
future demands and individual choices of seniors and persons with
disabilities; now, therefore,
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) The Department of Human Services shall
develop, in accordance with section 2 of this 2013 Act, a plan to
improve and strengthen Oregon's publicly funded long term care
system. The plan must include all of the following:
  (a) Strategies to serve seniors and persons with disabilities
in their own homes and community settings of their own choosing.
The strategies may include, but are not limited to, greater
utilization of adult day centers and effective coordination with
the health care system.
  (b) Strategies designed to support independence and delay the
entry of individuals into publicly funded long term care. The
strategies may include, but are not limited to, short stay
respite care, medication management and support for family
caregivers.
  (c) Strategies to serve individuals equitably in a culturally
and linguistically responsive manner.
  (2) In developing the strategies in subsection (1) of this
section, the department shall gather data on the primary causes
of entry into and the significant cost drivers associated with
publicly funded long term care, including data on any differences
that exist due to age and the location where services are
delivered. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) The Department of Human Services shall
convene a planning committee to assist the department in
developing the plan described in section 1 of this 2013 Act. The
planning committee must include:
  (a) Representatives of all key stakeholders, including:
  (A) Consumers;
  (B) Providers; and
  (C) Consumer and provider groups that represent seniors and
persons with physical disabilities;
  (b) Two members of the House of Representatives appointed by
the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and
  (c) Two members of the Senate appointed by the President of the
Senate.
  (2) The department shall conduct public hearings in all regions
of this state to receive public input in the development of the
plan.
  (3) The department shall report to the appropriate committees
of the 2014 regular session of the Legislative Assembly:
  (a) The progress of the development of the plan; and
  (b) Opportunities for implementing changes for which there is
broad stakeholder consensus.
  (4) Not later than February 1, 2015, the department shall
provide a final report, in the manner described in ORS 192.245,
that identifies proposed changes, areas of consensus and
challenges and a time line for the implementation of the plan in
whole or in part. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + Sections 1 and 2 of this 2013 Act are repealed
January 2, 2016. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + 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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