77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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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. + }
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