72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
 
HA to A-Eng. HB 2577
 
LC 1268/HB 2577-A7
 
                       HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
                   A-ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2577
 
            By COMMITTEE ON RULES AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
 
                            August 7
 
  On page 1 of the printed A-engrossed bill, line 3, delete '
prescribing an effective' and insert 'declaring an emergency.'.
  Delete line 4.
  On page 5, after line 1, insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 4. + }  { + (1) The Oregon Telecommunications
Coordinating Council shall collaborate with health care education
providers and members of the health care industry to develop and
implement a plan that:
  ' (a) Ensures that the education and health care communities
are able to connect by broadband and other telecommunications
infrastructures necessary for distance learning.
  ' (b) Encourages cooperative activities among the education and
health care communities for the purpose of establishing and
implementing curriculum applications that are necessary to fully
utilize the connected networks.
  ' (c) Fully utilizes the resources of the education and health
care networks.
  ' (2) The plan developed under this section shall include
determinations about the technical and financial resources needed
to implement the plan.
  ' (3) The Economic and Community Development Department may
seek funding from the federal government and private sources to
develop and implement the plan described in this section. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 5. + }  { + (1) The Oregon Telecommunications
Coordinating Council shall report to the interim committees
related to health care, in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, no
later than July 1, 2004. The report shall include the plan
developed under section 4 of this 2003 Act.
  ' (2) The Oregon Telecommunications Coordinating Council shall
report to the Seventy-third Legislative Assembly, in the manner
provided by ORS 192.245, no later than February 1, 2005.  The
report shall include information on the implementation of the
plan described in section 4 of this 2003 Act. + } ' .
  In line 2, delete '4' and insert '6'.
  Delete lines 5 and 6 and insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 7. + }  { + This 2003 Act being necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and
safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2003 Act
takes effect on its passage. + } ' .
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