Chapter 877 Oregon Laws 2001

AN ACT

HB 3353

Relating to the Interim Task Force on Health Care Personnel; appropriating money; and declaring an emergency.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. (1) There is established an Interim Task Force on Health Care Personnel for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of section 2 of this 2001 Act.

(2)(a) The interim task force shall consist of 22 members.

(b) Eleven members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives as follows:

(A) One member from the Oregon Alliance of Senior and Health Services;

(B) One member from the Oregon Association for Home Care;

(C) One member from the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems;

(D) One member from the Continuing Care Retirement Community Advisory Council;

(E) One member from the Association of Oregon Community Mental Health Programs;

(F) One member from the Oregon Community College Association;

(G) The Chancellor of the State Board of Higher Education or a person designated by the chancellor;

(H) One member from the Adult Care Providers of Oregon;

(I) One member from Oregon Health and Science University; and

(J) Two members of the House of Representatives.

(c) Eleven members shall be appointed by the President of the Senate as follows:

(A) One member from the Oregon Health Care Association;

(B) One member from the Oregon Medical Association;

(C) One member from the Oregon State Pharmacists Association;

(D) One member from the Oregon Long Term Care Nurses Association;

(E) One member from the Oregon Nurses Association;

(F) One member from the Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of Oregon;

(G) One member from Oregon Health and Science University;

(H) One member who is a provider of group home services for persons with developmental disabilities;

(I) One member from the Oregon Dental Association; and

(J) Two members of the Senate.

(3) If there is a vacancy for any cause, the appointing authority shall make an appointment to become immediately effective.

(4) The interim task force shall elect one of its members to serve as chairperson.

(5) A majority of the members of the interim task force constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.

(6) The interim task force shall meet at times and places specified by the call of the chairperson or of a majority of the members of the interim task force.

(7) Members of the interim task force who are not members of the Legislative Assembly are not entitled to compensation, but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary travel and other expenses incurred by them in the performance of their official duties, subject to ORS 292.495.

SECTION 2. (1) The Interim Task Force on Health Care Personnel shall:

(a) Analyze and evaluate the growing shortage of health care workers in Oregon; and

(b) Develop recommendations for addressing projected future shortages of health care workers in Oregon that include options for providing educational and professional incentives.

(2) The Interim Task Force on Health Care Personnel shall report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and to the Seventy-second Legislative Assembly as provided by ORS 192.245 no later than January 31, 2003.

(3) Staff for the task force shall be provided by the Director of the Employment Department.

SECTION 3. (1) The Employment Department may accept contributions of funds from the United States Government or its agencies or from any other source, public or private, and agree to conditions thereon not inconsistent with the purposes of section 2 of this 2001 Act.

(2) All moneys received by the Employment Department under this section shall be paid into the State Treasury and deposited in the General Fund to the credit of the department. The moneys are appropriated continuously to the department for the purposes of section 2 of this 2001 Act.

SECTION 4. This 2001 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2001 Act takes effect on its passage.

Approved by the Governor July 31, 2001

Filed in the office of Secretary of State July 31, 2001

Effective date July 31, 2001

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