71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
HA to A-Eng. HB 2515
 
LC 2016/HB 2515-A11
 
                       HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
                   A-ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2515
 
              By JOINT COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
 
                             July 5
 
  In line 2 of the printed A-engrossed bill, delete '
appropriating money;'.
  Delete lines 5 through 11 and insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 1. + }  { + For the biennium beginning July 1,
2001, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall
transfer to the Oregon Rural Health Association 11.2 percent of
the moneys remaining in the Medicaid Upper Payment Limit Account
established in section 1, chapter 405, Oregon Laws 2001 (Enrolled
Senate Bill 963), after the department has transferred to the
Oregon Health and Science University public corporation the
amount required in section 2, chapter __, Oregon Laws 2001
(Enrolled Senate Bill 5536), and has transferred to the
Department of Education for the State School Fund the amount
required in sections 5 and 6, chapter __, Oregon Laws 2001
(Enrolled Senate Bill 5514). + }
  '  { +  SECTION 2. + }  { + (1) From moneys received under
section 1 of this 2001 Act, the Oregon Rural Health Association
shall award Rural Health Viability Grants to promote improved
health care services and increased access to quality health care
in rural areas of this state. Only rural health care providers
may apply for a Rural Health Viability Grant. An applicant
seeking a Rural Health Viability Grant shall submit a written
application to the association on the form specified by the
association.
  ' (2) The association may award to rural health care providers
grants that promote any of the following goals:
  ' (a) Replacement or renovation of aging rural hospitals.
  ' (b) Modernization of capital equipment.
  ' (c) Preservation of access to local health services in rural
areas through short-term support of vulnerable rural health care
providers.
  ' (d) Expanded community health educational opportunities.
  ' (e) Incentives for the development of long-term, sustainable
approaches to providing improved health care services and
increased access to quality health care in rural areas.
  ' (f) Collaborative approaches that sustain access to quality
rural health care.
  ' (g) Expanded or sustained health care for financially and
physically vulnerable rural populations.
  ' (h) Operational support for rural health centers that are not
federally qualified health centers. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 3. + }  { + Notwithstanding any other law, the
amount of $15,000,000 is established for the biennium beginning
July 1, 2001, as the maximum limit for the transfer of moneys by
the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to the Oregon
Rural Health Association under 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 July 1, 2001. + } ' .
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