74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
HA to HB 3555
 
LC 3838/HB 3555-2
 
                       HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
                         HOUSE BILL 3555
 
           By COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS, ETHICS AND RULES
 
                             May 29
 
  On page 1 of the printed bill, line 2, after 'syndrome ' insert
'; and declaring an emergency'.
  Delete lines 24 through 30 and delete pages 2 and 3 and insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 1. + }  { + As used in section 2 of this 2007
Act:
  ' (1) 'Parent' means:
  ' (a) An infant's or young child's biological or adoptive
mother or biological or adoptive father;
  ' (b) The domestic partner of an infant's or young child's
biological or adoptive mother or father; or
  ' (c) Any other primary caregiver of an infant or young child.
  ' (2) 'Shaken baby syndrome' means the vigorous shaking of an
infant or young child that may result in bleeding inside the
infant's or young child's head and cause one or more of the
following conditions:
  ' (a) Irreversible brain damage.
  ' (b) Blindness.
  ' (c) Retinal hemorrhage or eye damage.
  ' (d) Cerebral palsy.
  ' (e) Hearing loss.
  ' (f) Spinal cord injury, including paralysis.
  ' (g) Seizures.
  ' (h) Learning disability.
  ' (i) Central nervous system injury.
  ' (j) Closed head injury.
  ' (k) Rib fracture.
  ' (L) Subdural hematoma.
  ' (m) Death. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 2. + }  { + (1) There is created the Task Force
on the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome, consisting of seven
members appointed as follows:
  ' (a) The President of the Senate shall appoint one member from
among members of the Senate.
  ' (b) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint
one member from among members of the House of Representatives.
  ' (c) The Director of Human Services shall appoint five members
who represent the following:
  ' (A) The Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems;
  ' (B) The Oregon Pediatric Society;
  ' (C) The Oregon Medical Association;
  ' (D) The Oregon Nurses Association; and
  ' (E) The Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Program.
  ' (2) The task force shall:
  ' (a) Make recommendations about the parameters for a program
to educate parents about shaken baby syndrome to be provided by
hospitals and birthing centers;
  ' (b) Make recommendations about whether hospitals and birthing
centers would be required to provide the program;
  ' (c) Identify sources of funding for the program, including
federal, state and private; and
  ' (d) Identify how many hospitals and birthing centers in the
state are currently providing a program to educate parents about
shaken baby syndrome.
  ' (3) A majority of the members of the task force constitutes a
quorum for the transaction of business.
  ' (4) Official action by the task force requires the approval
of a majority of the members of the task force.
  ' (5) The task force shall elect one of its members to serve as
chairperson.
  ' (6) If there is a vacancy for any cause, the appointing
authority shall make an appointment to become immediately
effective.
  ' (7) The task force shall meet at times and places specified
by the call of the chairperson or of a majority of the members of
the task force.
  ' (8) The task force may adopt rules necessary for the
operation of the task force.
  ' (9) The task force shall submit a report, and may include
recommendations for legislation, to the interim legislative
committee on human services no later than October 1, 2008.
  ' (10) The Department of Human Services shall provide staff
support to the task force.
  ' (11) Members of the task force who are not members of the
Legislative Assembly are not entitled to compensation or
reimbursement for expenses and serve as volunteers on the task
force.
  ' (12) All agencies of state government, as defined in ORS
174.111, are directed to assist the task force in the performance
of its duties and, to the extent permitted by laws relating to
confidentiality, to furnish such information and advice as the
members of the task force consider necessary to perform their
duties.
  ' (13) The department may accept contributions of moneys and
assistance from the United States Government or its agencies or
from any other source, public or private, and agree to conditions
placed on the moneys not inconsistent with the duties of the task
force.
  ' (14) All moneys received by the department under subsection
(13) of this section shall be paid into the State Treasury and
deposited in the Department of Human Services Account for use by
the department to carry out the duties of the task force. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 3. + }  { + Sections 1 and 2 of this 2007 Act
are repealed on the date of the convening of the next regular
biennial legislative session. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 4. + }  { + This 2007 Act being necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and
safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2007 Act
takes effect July 1, 2007. + } ' .
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