74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
HA to A-Eng. SB 183
 
LC 577/SB 183-A16
 
                       HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
                   A-ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 183
 
               By COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND LABOR
 
                             June 5
 
  On page 1 of the printed A-engrossed bill, line 3, after the
semicolon insert 'creating new provisions;'.
  In line 21, after '(d)' insert 'Are willing to'.
  On page 2, line 1, after 'doctors' insert 'or nurse
practitioners'.
  In line 3, after 'doctors' insert 'and nurse practitioners'.
  In line 5, after 'program' insert 'who are employed by licensed
physicians'.
  On page 3, line 36, after 'has' delete the rest of the line and
insert 'a rural practice that meets the criteria established by
the Office of Rural Health that applied as of January 1, 2004,
for the purposes of ORS 315.613, and is located in an urbanized
area of Jackson County, as defined by the United States Census
Bureau according to the most recent federal decennial census
taken pursuant to the authority of the United States Department
of Commerce under 13 U.S.C. 141(a)'.
  In line 37, delete 'as defined by the Office of Rural Health as
of January 1, 2004'.
  In line 38, delete ', in' and insert 'is eligible for a
reduction in premiums as provided in paragraph (a)(A) of this
subsection, and a doctor who specializes in'.
  In line 39, delete 'is entitled to' and insert 'or a nurse
practitioner who is certified in obstetrical care, is eligible
for'.
  On page 4, delete lines 24 through 43.
  On page 5, after line 37, insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 6. + }  { + (1)(a) The State Accident Insurance
Fund Corporation shall submit any proposed modifications to the
plan required under section 2, chapter 781, Oregon Laws 2003, to
the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services
and to the Office of Rural Health not later than September 30,
2007.
  ' (b) The director and the office shall approve, disapprove or
require changes to the plan or to the proposed modifications to
the plan as promptly as reasonably possible in order to enable
the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation to have the
modified plan operational by January 1, 2008. The modified plan
may be implemented only after the joint approval by the director
and the office.
  ' (2) The plan modified under subsection (1) of this section
must provide that a doctor or nurse practitioner whose coverage
is provided through a health care facility as defined in ORS
442.400, and who otherwise meets the requirements of section 1
(1), chapter 781, Oregon Laws 2003, is eligible to participate in
the program beginning January 1, 2008, if the office determines
that the doctor or nurse practitioner, as of the later of January
1, 2007, or the date on which the doctor or nurse practitioner
first commences a rural practice:
  ' (a) Is not an employee of the health care facility;
 
  ' (b) Is covered by a medical professional liability insurance
policy that names the doctor or nurse practitioner and separately
calculates the premium for the doctor or nurse practitioner; and
  ' (c) Fully reimburses the health care facility for the premium
calculated for the doctor or nurse practitioner. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 7. + }  { + Notwithstanding section 1 (1)(a),
chapter 781, Oregon Laws 2003, for the purpose of establishing
eligibility of doctors of medicine and doctors of osteopathy for
participation in the reinsurance program for medical professional
liability insurance policies established by section 1, chapter
781, Oregon Laws 2003, for calendar year 2007, a rural practice
is defined as a practice that meets the criteria established by
the Office of Rural Health that applied as of January 1,
2004. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 8. + }  { + The amendments to sections 1, 2, 6,
7, 14 and 15, chapter 781, Oregon Laws 2003, by sections 1 to 5
of this 2007 Act become operative on January 1, 2008. + } ' .
  In line 38, delete '6' and insert '9'.
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