71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
HA to HB 2498
 
LC 2236/HB 2498-2
 
                       HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
                         HOUSE BILL 2498
 
           By COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND PUBLIC ADVOCACY
 
                             May 10
 
  On page 1 of the printed bill, line 2, before the period insert
'; appropriating money; and declaring an emergency'.
  In line 4, after 'Adoptions' insert 'consisting of eight
members'.
  In line 5, after 'shall' insert 'each' and delete the fourth
'the' and insert 'four'.
  In line 7, after the period insert 'The chair of the House
Health and Public Advocacy Committee shall be an ad hoc member of
the task force.'.
  In line 10, delete the second 'and'.
  In line 12, delete the period and insert '; and
  ' (d) Consider the following specific issues:
  ' (A) Whether a national clearinghouse or a federal policy
exists that controls the information that is held and the
information that is released about donors;
  ' (B) Whether anyone owns or has authority over donor eggs and
the information about the donors;
  ' (C) Whether donors have a right to have contact with or
information about the child and family;
  ' (D) Whether the children, when grown, have a right to
information about the donor;
  ' (E) What are reasonable fees to be paid by families for
embryo adoption services;
  ' (F) Whether it is appropriate to pay fees to donors and, if
appropriate, what fees are reasonable;
  ' (G) Whether there should be residency requirements for
donors;
  ' (H) Whether there should be post-placement follow up for
families in embryo adoptions similar to traditional adoptions;
  ' (I) What professional competency or training requirements
should be established for practitioners;
  ' (J) Who should license the placement agency or facilitator of
embryo adoptions;
  ' (K) Who should have authority or jurisdiction over
facilitators and other practitioners;
  ' (L) What are the liability issues;
  ' (M) What are the implications of for-profit embryo adoption;
and
  ' (N) Whether Oregon should encourage, discourage or prohibit
the practice of for-profit embryo adoption.'.
  After line 16, insert:
  ' (4) By no later than September 30, 2002, the task force shall
report to the appropriate interim committees of the Legislative
Assembly as directed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and the President of the Senate. The task force
shall report to the appropriate committees during the regular
session of the Seventy-second Legislative Assembly.'.
  In line 17, delete '(4)' and insert '(5)'.
  In line 21, delete '(5)' and insert '(6)'.
 
  In line 22, after the period delete the rest of the line and
line 23.
  In line 24, delete '(6)' and insert '(7)'.
  In line 27, delete '(7)' and insert '(8)'.
  In line 30, delete '(8)' and insert '(9)'.
  On page 2, line 6, delete '(9)' and insert '(10)' and delete
'established under this 2001 Act' and insert 'created under this
section'.
  In line 11, before 'This' insert 'Section 1 of'.
  After line 11, insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 3. + }  { + There is appropriated to the
Department of Human Services, for the biennium beginning July 1,
2001, out of the General Fund, the amount of $___ for the purpose
of carrying out section 1 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. + } ' .
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