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 1587 Senate Bill 378 Sponsored by Senator BATES (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 as introduced. Requires director of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Systems Program to adopt rules for Oregon Trauma Registry that require collection of data identified in National Trauma Data Standard. A BILL FOR AN ACT Relating to emergency medical system; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 431.623. Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: SECTION 1. ORS 431.623 is amended to read: 431.623. (1) The Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Systems Program is created within the Oregon Health Authority for the purpose of administering and regulating ambulances, training and licensing emergency medical services providers, establishing and maintaining emergency medical systems, including trauma systems, and maintaining the Oregon Trauma Registry, as necessary for trauma reimbursement, system quality assurance and ensuring cost efficiency. (2) For purposes of ORS 431.607 to 431.619 and ORS chapter 682, the duties vested in the authority shall be performed by the Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Systems program. (3) The program shall be administered by a director. (4) With moneys transferred to the program by ORS 442.625, the director of the program shall apply those moneys to: (a) Developing state and regional standards of care; (b) Developing a statewide educational curriculum to teach standards of care; (c) Implementing quality improvement programs; (d) Creating a statewide data system for prehospital care; and (e) Providing ancillary services to enhance Oregon's emergency medical service system. (5) The director of the program shall adopt rules for the Oregon Trauma Registry, establishing: (a) The information that must be reported by trauma centers { + , which must include data identified in the National Trauma Data Standard + }; (b) The form and frequency of reporting; and (c) Procedures and standards for the administration of the registry. SECTION 2. { + (1) ORS 431.623, 431.627, 431.633 and 431.671 are added to and made a part of ORS 431.623 to 431.671. (2) ORS 431.623, 431.627, 431.633, 431.635 and 431.671 are added to and made a part of ORS chapter 431. + } ----------