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
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LC 1472
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         Senate Bill 488
                 Ordered by the Senate April 22
           Including Senate Amendments dated April 22
 
Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON HEALTH POLICY (at the request of
  Governor's Task Force on the Future of Services to Seniors and
  People with Disabilities)
 
 
                             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.
 
  Requires Director of Department of Consumer and Business
Services to establish pilot project to provide education and
training on long term care and retirement planning. { +  Allows
delay in implementation until sufficient funds are available. + }
  Sunsets December 31, 2005.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to long term care.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) Subject to the availability of funds, the
Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services
shall establish and conduct a pilot project to provide education
and training on long term care and retirement planning for Oregon
residents. The purpose of the pilot project is to assist
residents served by the project in making educated retirement and
long term care decisions. The director shall determine the
geographic area in which the pilot project will be conducted.
  (2) The project must include but is not limited to the
following activities:
  (a) Coordinating with public and private employers to make
information available to employees and to assist the employers
and employees in incorporating retirement and long term care
planning into wage and savings decisions;
  (b) Developing and distributing information explaining the
benefits and disadvantages of long term care insurance; and
  (c) Developing and distributing information on the benefits and
disadvantages of using a reverse mortgage to finance long term
care.
  (3) The Director of Human Services shall provide assistance as
requested by the Director of the Department of Consumer and
Business Services in the implementation of the pilot project.
  (4) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business
Services shall prepare and submit a report on the status and
effectiveness of the pilot project to the Governor and to the
Seventy-third Legislative Assembly in the manner provided in ORS
192.245 no later than January 15, 2005.
  (5) The Department of Consumer and Business Services may accept
gifts, grants and donations from any source for the purpose of
carrying out its duties in establishing and conducting the pilot
project. The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business
Services is not required to expend any funds to implement the
pilot project until sufficient funds are available. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + Section 1 of this 2003 Act is repealed December
31, 2005. + }
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