75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
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LC 1017
House Bill 2143
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 specified healthcare workforce regulatory boards to
collect information from licensees and report information to
Oregon Office of Health Policy and Research for creation of
healthcare workforce database. Authorizes healthcare workforce
regulatory boards to establish fees to reimburse boards for cost
of data collection and reporting.
Declares emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to healthcare workforce data collection; and declaring
an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. { + (1) The Office for Oregon Health Policy and
Research shall create and maintain a healthcare workforce
database that will provide information upon request to state
agencies and to the Legislative Assembly about Oregon's
healthcare workforce, including:
(a) Demographics.
(b) Physician practice status.
(c) Education and training background.
(d) Generational changes.
(e) Population growth.
(f) Economic indicators.
(g) Incentives to attract qualified individuals to healthcare
education.
(2) The Administrator for the Office for Oregon Health Policy
and Research may contract with a private or public entity to
establish and maintain the database and to analyze the data. The
office is not subject to the requirements of ORS chapters 279A,
279B and 279C with respect to the contract. + }
SECTION 2. { + (1) As used in this section, 'healthcare
workforce regulatory board' means the:
(a) Occupational Therapy Licensing Board;
(b) Oregon Medical Board;
(c) Oregon State Board of Nursing;
(d) Oregon Board of Dentistry;
(e) Physical Therapist Licensing Board;
(f) State Board of Pharmacy; and
(g) Board of Examiners of Licensed Dietitians.
(2)(a) An applicant for a license from a healthcare workforce
regulatory board or renewal of a license by a healthcare
workforce regulatory board shall provide the information
prescribed by the Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research
pursuant to subsection (3) of this section.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, a
healthcare workforce regulatory board may not approve a
subsequent application for a license or renewal of a license
until the applicant provides the information.
(3) The Administrator for the Office for Oregon Health Policy
and Research shall prescribe by rule the information that must be
provided to a healthcare workforce regulatory board under
subsection (2) of this section, which may include:
(a) Personal information.
(b) Education information.
(c) License information.
(d) Employment information.
(e) Primary and secondary practice information.
(f) Anticipated changes in the practice.
(4) The Administrator of the Office for Oregon Health Policy
and Research shall prescribe by rule the manner, form and content
for healthcare workforce regulatory board reporting of the
healthcare workforce information collected under subsection (2)
of this section.
(5)(a) A healthcare workforce regulatory board shall report
healthcare workforce information collected under subsection (2)
of this section to the Office for Oregon Health Policy and
Research.
(b) Subject to subsections (3) and (4) of this section, a
healthcare workforce regulatory board may prescribe by rule types
of information that will not be reported to the Office for Oregon
Health Policy and Research and may proscribe the use or
disclosure of the information reported. All personally
identifiable information collected by a healthcare workforce
regulatory board is exempt from disclosure under ORS 192.410 to
192.505.
(6) The requirements of subsection (2) of this section apply to
an applicant for issuance or renewal of a license who is or who
is applying to become:
(a) An occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant
as defined in ORS 675.210;
(b) A physician as defined in ORS 677.010;
(c) A physician assistant as defined in ORS 677.495;
(d) A nurse licensed under ORS 678.010 to 678.410;
(e) A dentist or dental hygienist as defined in ORS 679.010;
(f) A physical therapist or physical therapist assistant as
defined in ORS 688.010;
(g) A pharmacist or pharmacy technician as defined in ORS
689.005; or
(h) A licensed dietitian, as defined in ORS 691.405.
(7) A healthcare workforce regulatory board may adopt rules as
necessary to perform the board's duties under this section.
(8) In addition to licensing fees that may be imposed by a
healthcare workforce regulatory board, the board may establish
fees to be paid by applicants for issuance or renewal of licenses
reasonably calculated to reimburse the actual cost of obtaining
or reporting information as required by subsection (2) of this
section. + }
SECTION 3. { + Sections 1 and 2 of this 2009 Act become
operative on January 1, 2010. + }
SECTION 4. { + A healthcare workforce regulatory board, as
defined in section 2 of this 2009 Act, and the Office for Oregon
Health Policy and Research may take any action prior to the
operative date specified in section 3 of this 2009 Act that is
necessary to enable a board or the office to exercise, on and
after the operative date specified in section 3 of this 2009 Act,
all the duties, functions and powers conferred on a board and the
office by sections 1 and 2 of this 2009 Act. + }
SECTION 5. { + Section 2 of this 2009 Act applies to an
application for a license or license renewal filed on or after
the operative date specified in section 3 of this 2009 Act. + }
SECTION 6. { + 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 on its
passage. + }
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