Bill Text: OR SB362 | 2013 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to cancer screening.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB362 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2013-SB362-Engrossed.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 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. + } ----------