74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
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 LC 2911
 
                  House Concurrent Resolution 5
 
Sponsored by Representative NELSON; Representatives BARKER,
  BOQUIST, BRUUN, CLEM, DALLUM, FLORES, GARRARD, GREENLICK, LIM,
  OLSON, RILEY, G SMITH, P SMITH, THATCHER, WITT (at the request
  of TriWest Healthcare Alliance)
 
 
                             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.
 
  Commends Oregon health care providers for efforts to ensure
that all Oregon military personnel obtain needed medical care
during deployment and active duty during war on terror. Requests
Oregon health care providers to consider accepting United States
Department of Defense TRICARE insurance program.
 
                      CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
  Whereas the United States of America has a declared commitment
to the war on terror; and
  Whereas many of our citizen-soldiers have been called to active
duty and others have been put on alert to mobilize for active
duty; and
  Whereas the United States Department of Defense has instructed
our citizen-soldiers and their families to put their personal,
financial and other affairs in order to prepare for possible
overseas deployment; and
  Whereas this ongoing military mobilization can affect every
family member, neighbor and health care provider related to or
associated with our citizen-soldiers; and
  Whereas at the time the Army National Guard, the United States
Army, the United States Air Force, the United States Navy and the
United States Marines Corps and their families were mobilized
they were enrolled in the United States Department of Defense
TRICARE insurance program; and
  Whereas our citizen-soldiers and their families will be in
insurance transition during these difficult times and will
require the full support of all health care providers; and
  Whereas thousands of health care professionals have responded
to the call of the Governor, the State of Oregon's
commander-in-chief, for measures to ensure that no soldier or
member of a soldier's family will be denied needed medical care
during the soldier's deployment and active duty during the war on
terror; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
  Oregon:
  That we, the members of the Seventy-fourth Legislative
Assembly, commend:
 
  (1) The spirit of public good faith in support of military
personnel and their families shown by more than 7,500 Oregon
health care professionals; and
  (2) The spirit of patriotism and sacrifice for military
personnel and their families shown by these same health care
professionals in their efforts to ensure that no soldier or
soldier's family will be denied needed medical care during the
soldier's deployment and active duty during the war on terror;
and
  (3) The spirit of commitment to the war on terror shown by
these same health care professionals; and be it further
  Resolved, That we, the members of the Seventy-fourth
Legislative Assembly, request all health care providers to
consider accepting the United States Department of Defense
TRICARE insurance program for Oregon military personnel and their
families.
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