75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
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amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 687
 
                         House Bill 2129
 
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of Governor Theodore R.
  Kulongoski for Department of Human Services)
 
 
                             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 Resources Commission to conduct comparative
effectiveness research and to disseminate research findings.
Requires Health Services Commission to develop or identify and to
disseminate evidence-based health care guidelines. Requires
Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research to coordinate work
of both commissions. Requires public bodies and public purchasers
of health care to pursue purchasing strategies that encourage
adoption of research findings and evidence-based health care
guidelines.
  Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Human
Services for purposes of Act.
  Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2009.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to health services; creating new provisions; amending
  ORS 442.584; appropriating money; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) The Health Resources Commission established
by ORS 442.580 shall conduct comparative effectiveness research
of new and existing health treatments, procedures and services
selected in accordance with ORS 442.583. The commission may
conduct the research by comprehensive review of the comparative
effectiveness research undertaken by recognized state, national
or international entities. The commission shall disseminate the
research findings to health care consumers, providers and
third-party payers and to other interested stakeholders.
  (2) The Health Services Commission established by ORS 414.715
shall develop or identify and shall disseminate evidence-based
health care guidelines for use by providers, consumers and
purchasers of health care in Oregon.
  (3) The Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research shall
ensure that the work of the Health Services Commission and the
Health Resources Commission under this section is aligned and
coordinated.
  (4) The Public Employees' Benefit Board, the Oregon Educators
Benefit Board, the Department of Corrections and the Department
of Human Services shall vigorously pursue health care purchasing
strategies that encourage the adoption of the research findings
described in subsection (1) of this section and the
evidence-based health care guidelines described in subsection (2)
of this section.
  (5) Public bodies, as defined in ORS 174.109, that purchase
health care or provide health services directly are encouraged to
adopt the research findings described in subsection (1) of this
section and the evidence-based health care guidelines described
in subsection (2) of this section. + }
  SECTION 2. ORS 442.584 is amended to read:
  442.584. (1) All applicants for a certificate of need for any
of the technologies or services under study by the Health
Resources Commission shall provide the information specified in
paragraphs (a) to (f) of this subsection. This information may be
utilized by the commission in performing its functions under ORS
442.583 { +  and section 1 of this 2009 Act + }. The information
shall include:
  (a) The estimated number of patients needing the service or
procedure who are not currently being served and who cannot be
served by existing programs in the service area.
  (b) The anticipated number of procedures to be performed per
year for a five-year period commencing on the date the service is
started or the technology is acquired.
  (c) The anticipated number of patients to be served by the
applicant, based on the incidence in the population to be served
or the conditions for which the technology or service will be
used.
  (d) Clinical indications for ordering use of the technology or
service, with appropriate references to relevant literature.
  (e) An estimate of the treatment decisions likely to result
from use of the technology or service.
  (f) A proposed method for collecting data on the patients
served, costs engendered directly or indirectly and the health
outcomes resulting from use of the technology or service.
  (2) An application shall be decided in accordance with the
statutes and rules in effect at the time of filing of a completed
letter of intent for that application.
  SECTION 3.  { + There is appropriated to the Department of
Human Services, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2009, out of
the General Fund, the amount of $___ for the purpose of carrying
out the provisions of section 1 of this 2009 Act. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + This 2009 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2009 Act takes effect July 1,
2009. + }
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