Bill Text: OR SB375 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to health care.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-13 - Effective date, January 1, 2014. [SB375 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2013-SB375-Enrolled.html
77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session
Enrolled
Senate Bill 375
Sponsored by Senator BATES (Presession filed.)
CHAPTER ................
AN ACT
Relating to health care.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. { + (1) The Stroke Care Committee is established
under the Oregon Health Authority.
(2) The Director of the Oregon Health Authority shall appoint
at least 10 members to serve on the committee as follows:
(a) Two physicians who specialize in the care of stroke
patients, one of whom is a neurologist;
(b) One physician who specializes in emergency medicine;
(c) At least three hospital administrators, or designees of
hospital administrators, of whom:
(A) At least one must be from a certified Comprehensive Stroke
Center;
(B) One must be from a certified Primary Stroke Center; and
(C) One must be from a rural hospital that uses Telestroke;
(d) One nurse who is a stroke coordinator or who works in an
emergency department and has experience treating stroke;
(e) One emergency medical services provider who works for a
licensed ambulance service;
(f) One health practitioner who specializes in rehabilitative
medicine; and
(g) One individual who has experience advocating for the care
of stroke patients and who is not a health care provider.
(3) In appointing members under subsection (2) of this section,
the director must consider the geographic diversity of this state
and appoint members who are from rural areas.
(4) For the purpose of achieving continuous improvement in the
quality of stroke care, the committee shall:
(a) Analyze data related to the prevention and treatment of
strokes;
(b) Identify potential interventions to improve stroke care;
and
(c) Advise the authority on meeting the objectives of the
authority, including but not limited to the objectives of the
emergency medical services and trauma system developed pursuant
to ORS 431.607, that are related to stroke care.
(5) A majority of the members of the committee constitutes a
quorum for the transaction of business.
(6) Official action taken by the committee requires the
approval of a majority of the members of the committee.
(7) The committee shall elect a chairperson from among its
members.
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(8) The committee shall meet at the call of the chairperson or
of a majority of the members of the committee.
(9) The committee may adopt rules necessary for the operation
of the committee.
(10) The term of office of each member of the committee is four
years, but a member serves at the pleasure of the director.
Before the expiration of the term of a member, the director shall
appoint a successor whose term begins January 1 next following. A
member is eligible for reappointment. If there is a vacancy for
any cause, the director shall make an appointment to become
immediately effective for the unexpired term.
(11) Members of the committee are not entitled to compensation,
but may be reimbursed from funds available to the authority, 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. + }
SECTION 2. { + Notwithstanding the term of office specified by
section 1 of this 2013 Act, of the members first appointed to the
Stroke Care Committee:
(1) Three shall serve for a term ending January 1, 2015;
(2) Three shall serve for a term ending January 1, 2016;
(3) Three shall serve for a term ending January 1, 2017; and
(4) The remainder of the members shall serve for a term ending
January 1, 2018. + }
SECTION 3. { + (1) The Oregon Health Authority shall, in
accordance with recommendations made by the Stroke Care Committee
established under section 1 of this 2013 Act, establish and
implement a plan for achieving continuous improvement in the
quality of stroke care. In implementing the plan, the authority
shall:
(a) Require hospitals certified as Comprehensive Stroke Centers
or Primary Stroke Centers through the Joint Commission or an
equivalent organization, and encourage all other hospitals, to
submit stroke care data to a database designated by the
authority. A hospital that submits stroke care data under this
paragraph must authorize the keeper of the database to permit the
authority to access the submitted data.
(b) Designate a statewide or national stroke database to which
hospitals described in paragraph (a) of this subsection are
required to submit, or may submit, stroke care data for the
purpose of obtaining information and statistics on stroke care.
In designating the database, the authority shall ensure that the
database:
(A) Has security protections in place to safely protect
individually identifiable information to the extent that the
database receives and maintains such information; and
(B) Aligns with the core consensus stroke metrics developed and
approved by the American Heart Association, the American Stroke
Association, the Joint Commission and the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
(c) Develop a data oversight process in accordance with
recommendations made by the Stroke Care Committee.
(2) In addition to the duties described in subsection (1) of
this section, the authority shall:
(a) Coordinate with national health organizations involved in
improving the quality of stroke care to avoid duplicative
information and redundant processes.
(b) Use information related to stroke care and reported
pursuant to subsection (1)(a) of this section to support
improvement in the quality of stroke care in accordance with
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guidelines that meet or exceed nationally recognized standards
established by the American Stroke Association.
(c) Encourage the sharing of information among health care
providers on practices that improve the quality of stroke care.
(d) Facilitate communication about data trends and treatment
developments among health care providers and coordinated care
organizations that provide services related to stroke care.
(e) Provide stroke care data and recommend improvements for
stroke care to coordinated care organizations.
(f) Not later than the beginning of each odd-numbered year
regular session of the Legislative Assembly, prepare and submit
to the Legislative Assembly a report in the manner provided in
ORS 192.245 summarizing the authority's activities under this
section.
(3)(a) Information submitted to the designated database and
accessed by the authority under this section:
(A) Is confidential and not subject to disclosure under ORS
192.410 to 192.505;
(B) May be disclosed only as permitted in paragraph (b) of this
subsection and in accordance with rules adopted by the authority
under this section;
(C) Is not subject to civil or administrative subpoena; and
(D) Is nondiscoverable and inadmissible in a judicial,
administrative, arbitration or mediation proceeding.
(b) Individually identifiable information and information that
identifies a hospital described in subsection (1)(a) of this
section may not be disclosed by the authority without the
approval of the hospital that submitted the information. Only
de-identified information may be disclosed by the authority under
this section. + }
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Passed by Senate April 16, 2013
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Robert Taylor, Secretary of Senate
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Peter Courtney, President of Senate
Passed by House May 29, 2013
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Tina Kotek, Speaker of House
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Received by Governor:
......M.,............., 2013
Approved:
......M.,............., 2013
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John Kitzhaber, Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
......M.,............., 2013
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Kate Brown, Secretary of State
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