72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
 
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LC 2662
 
                         Senate Bill 447
 
Sponsored by Senator GORDLY
 
 
                             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 as
introduced.
 
  Requires health care provider that contracts with Department of
Human Services to provide prepaid managed care health services to
fully reimburse hospitals for cost of providing health care
interpreter services.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to hospital reimbursement for cost of providing health
  care interpreter.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Section 2 of this 2003 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS 414.705 to 414.750. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) A health care provider that contracts with
the Department of Human Services under ORS 414.725 (1) to provide
prepaid managed care health services shall fully reimburse a
hospital, as defined in ORS 442.015, for the cost of providing
health care interpreter services to persons with limited English
proficiency as necessary to provide covered health services,
based on the cost-to-charge ratio used for each hospital in
setting the capitation rates paid to the contracting health care
provider for the contract period.
  (2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a
health care provider and hospital from mutually agreeing to
reimbursement other than the reimbursement specified in
subsection (1) of this section. + }
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