Bill Text: OR SB362 | 2013 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to cancer screening.

Sponsorship: Broadly Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB362 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB362-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
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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LC 2222

                           A-Engrossed

                         Senate Bill 362
                Ordered by the Senate February 18
          Including Senate Amendments dated February 18

Sponsored by Senators ROSENBAUM, STEINER HAYWARD, Representatives
  TOMEI, GELSER, FREEMAN; Senators BURDICK, DINGFELDER, EDWARDS,
  HANSELL, JOHNSON, KRUSE, MONNES ANDERSON, MONROE, PROZANSKI,
  SHIELDS, WINTERS, Representatives BAILEY, BERGER, BOONE,
  BUCKLEY, CAMERON, CLEM, CONGER, DOHERTY, ESQUIVEL, FREDERICK,
  GARRETT, GILLIAM, GREENLICK, HANNA, HARKER, HICKS, HOLVEY,
  HUFFMAN, KENNEMER, KENY-GUYER, KOMP, KOTEK, KRIEGER, MATTHEWS,
  MCLANE, OLSON, PARRISH, SMITH, SPRENGER, THOMPSON, WHISNANT,
  WITT (at the request of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Oregon
  Affiliate) (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.

  Requires Oregon Health Authority to provide  { + medical
assistance to + } specified number of  { + women for + } breast
and cervical cancer screenings under Oregon Breast and Cervical
Cancer Program.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to cancer screening.
  Whereas the incidence of breast cancer in Oregon is among the
top five in the nation; and
  Whereas the five-year survival rate for women whose breast
cancer is caught during Stage I is 99 percent; and
  Whereas a late-stage breast cancer diagnosis results in a much
poorer prognosis for a woman; and
  Whereas 2,828 women were diagnosed with breast cancer and 115
women were diagnosed with cervical cancer in Oregon in 2011; and
  Whereas uninsured women are 2.4 times more likely to receive a
late-stage cancer diagnosis than insured women and are therefore
more likely to die from the disease than insured women; and
  Whereas the later a cancer is diagnosed, the harder and more
expensive it is to treat; and
  Whereas currently the number of women in Oregon needing Oregon
Breast and Cervical Cancer Program services is estimated to be
77,000, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and
the Susan G. Komen Foundation provide funds for services to only
4,800 women; now, therefore,
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + In each biennium, the Oregon Health Authority
shall provide medical assistance, using funds appropriated by the
Legislative Assembly for breast and cervical cancer screening, to
at least ___ women through the Oregon Breast and Cervical Cancer
Program described in ORS 414.534 to 414.538. + }
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