72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
LC 1417
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         House Bill 2129
                Ordered by the House February 11
          Including House Amendments dated February 11
 
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of Joint Interim Committee on
  Health and Human Resources for Oregon Optometric Physicians
  Association)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
 
  Eliminates requirement that optometrists have consulting
privileges at certain rural hospitals in order to claim rural
medical practice income tax credit.
  Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1,
 { - 2004 - }  { +  2003 + }.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to taxation; creating new provisions; and amending ORS
  316.144 and 316.146.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 316.144 is amended to read:
  316.144. A resident or nonresident individual who is certified
as eligible under ORS 442.561, 442.562, 442.563 or 442.564, and
is licensed as a physician or podiatric physician and surgeon
under ORS chapter 677, licensed as a physician assistant under
ORS chapter 677, licensed as a nurse practitioner under ORS
chapter 678, licensed as a certified registered nurse anesthetist
under ORS chapter 678, licensed as a dentist under ORS chapter
679 or licensed as an optometrist under ORS 683.010 to 683.335 is
entitled to the tax credit described in ORS 316.143 even if not a
member of the hospital medical staff if the Office of Rural
Health certifies that the individual  { - : - }
    { - (1) - }  has a rural practice that amounts to 60 percent
of the individual's practice  { - ; - }  and { + : + }
    { - (2) - }  { +  (1) + } If a physician or a physician
assistant, can cause a patient to be admitted to the hospital;
 { - and - }  { +  or + }
    { - (3) - }  { +  (2) + } If a certified registered nurse
anesthetist, is employed by or has a contractual relationship
with one of the hospitals described in ORS 316.143 (1)  { - ;
and - }  { + . + }
    { - (4) If an optometrist, has consulting privileges with a
hospital listed in ORS 316.143 (1). This subsection does not
apply to an optometrist who qualifies as a 'frontier rural
practitioner,' as defined by the Office of Rural Health. - }
  SECTION 2. ORS 316.146 is amended to read:
  316.146. A member of the medical staff of a type C hospital who
meets the requirements of ORS 316.144   { - (1) and (2) - }  is
entitled to the tax credit described in ORS 316.143 if:
  (1) The hospital is isolated due to geographic conditions,
complies with rules relating to emergency response and is subject
to such other special factors as the Office of Rural Health may
prescribe; and
  (2) The hospital is designated by the Office of Rural Health as
being subject to particular problems in recruiting and retaining
medical staff and is located in an area that is medically
underserved.
  SECTION 3.  { + The amendments to ORS 316.144 and 316.146 by
sections 1 and 2 of this 2003 Act apply to tax years beginning on
or after January 1, 2003. + }
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