71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
 
                            Enrolled
 
                         House Bill 3353
 
Sponsored by Representative PATRIDGE; Representative NELSON
 
 
                     CHAPTER ................
 
 
                             AN ACT
 
 
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.
 
 
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  (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. + }
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Passed by House May 31, 2001
 
Repassed by House June 30, 2001
 
 
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                                             Chief Clerk of House
 
      ...........................................................
                                                 Speaker of House
 
Passed by Senate June 28, 2001
 
 
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                                              President of Senate
 
 
 
 
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Received by Governor:
 
......M.,............., 2001
 
Approved:
 
......M.,............., 2001
 
 
      ...........................................................
                                                         Governor
 
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
 
......M.,............., 2001
 
 
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                                               Secretary of State
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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