71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
 
                            Enrolled
 
                         Senate Bill 243
 
Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
 
 
                     CHAPTER ................
 
 
                             AN ACT
 
 
Relating to emergency medical services for children.
 
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
 
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) Subject to available funding from gifts,
grants or donations, the Emergency Medical Services for Children
Program is established in the Health Division. The Emergency
Medical Services for Children Program shall operate in
cooperation with the Emergency Medical Services and Trauma
Systems Program to promote the delivery of emergency medical and
trauma services to the children of Oregon.
  (2) The Health Division shall:
  (a) Employ or contract with professional, technical, research
and clerical staff as required to implement this section.
  (b) Provide technical assistance to the State Trauma Advisory
Board on the integration of an emergency medical services for
children program into the statewide emergency medical services
and trauma system.
  (c) Provide advice and technical assistance to area trauma
advisory boards on the integration of an emergency medical
services for children program into area trauma system plans.
  (d) Establish an Emergency Medical Services for Children
Advisory Committee.
  (e) Establish guidelines for:
  (A) The approval of emergency and critical care medical service
facilities for pediatric care, and for the designation of
specialized regional pediatric critical care centers and
pediatric trauma care centers.
  (B) Referring children to appropriate emergency or critical
care medical facilities.
  (C) Necessary prehospital and other pediatric emergency and
critical care medical service equipment.
  (D) Developing a coordinated system that will allow children to
receive appropriate initial stabilization and treatment with
timely provision of, or referral to, the appropriate level of
care, including critical care, trauma care or pediatric
subspecialty care.
  (E) Protocols for prehospital and hospital facilities
encompassing all levels of pediatric emergency services,
pediatric critical care and pediatric trauma care.
  (F) Rehabilitation services for critically ill or injured
children.
  (G) An interfacility transfer system for critically ill or
injured children.
 
 
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  (H) Initial and continuing professional education programs for
emergency medical services personnel, including training in the
emergency care of infants and children.
  (I) A public education program concerning the Emergency Medical
Services for Children Program including information on emergency
access telephone numbers.
  (J) The collection and analysis of statewide pediatric
emergency and critical care medical services data from emergency
and critical care medical service facilities for the purpose of
quality improvement by such facilities, subject to relevant
confidentiality requirements.
  (K) The establishment of cooperative interstate relationships
to facilitate the provision of appropriate care for pediatric
patients who must cross state borders to receive emergency and
critical care services.
  (L) Coordination and cooperation between the Emergency Medical
Services for Children Program and other public and private
organizations interested or involved in emergency and critical
care for children. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + To assist the Legislative Assembly in assessing
the adequacy of pediatric trauma care in Oregon, the Health
Division shall produce and deliver to the Emergency Board by June
30, 2002, a report describing the progress of the implementation
of section 1 of this 2001 Act. The report shall contain, but not
be limited to, a description of current pediatric trauma care
services available on both the state and local levels,
recommendations for training, triage and field assessment
protocols, recommendations for special medical equipment for
pediatric trauma care and an estimate of the cost of caring for
children with traumatic head and spinal injuries and of the
number of children served by the emergency medical services and
trauma system in this state. + }
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Passed by Senate June 8, 2001
 
 
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                                              Secretary of Senate
 
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                                              President of Senate
 
Passed by House June 15, 2001
 
 
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                                                 Speaker of House
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Received by Governor:
 
......M.,............., 2001
 
Approved:
 
......M.,............., 2001
 
 
      ...........................................................
                                                         Governor
 
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
 
......M.,............., 2001
 
 
      ...........................................................
                                               Secretary of State
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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