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 3198 Senate Bill 706 Sponsored by Senator GIROD 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. Directs Oregon University System to conduct feasibility study on developing nursing school in Lebanon, Oregon. Requires Oregon University System to submit report to interim legislative committees no later than October 1, 2014. Declares emergency, effective on passage. A BILL FOR AN ACT Relating to feasibility study of nursing school; and declaring an emergency. Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: SECTION 1. { + (1) The Oregon University System shall conduct a study on the feasibility of developing a nursing school in Lebanon, Oregon, that would be a joint venture between Oregon State University, the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific-Northwest and Samaritan Health Services. The study shall include an analysis of: (a) The resources that are needed to create the nursing school; (b) Expected enrollment in the nursing school; (c) The financial viability of the nursing school; and (d) The degree to which the nursing school would help decrease the current shortage of registered nurses in Oregon. (2) The Oregon University System shall submit a report on the study described in subsection (1) of this section to the interim legislative committees on health care no later than October 1, 2014. + } SECTION 2. { + This 2013 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2013 Act takes effect on its passage. + } ----------