75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
SA to SB 551
 
LC 1980/SB 551-2
 
                      SENATE AMENDMENTS TO
                         SENATE BILL 551
 
     By COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES AND RURAL HEALTH POLICY
 
                              May 4
 
  In line 2 of the printed bill, after 'services' insert ';
appropriating money; and declaring an emergency'.
  Delete lines 4 through 8 and insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 1. + } (1) The Department of Human Services
shall develop and implement a plan for providing emergency
services to senior citizens and persons with disabilities who
receive services through the department during the biennium
beginning July 1, 2007, and who lose services due to reductions
in funding during the biennium beginning July 1, 2009. This
subsection applies to:
  ' (a) Residents of long term care facilities as defined in ORS
442.015.
  ' (b) Residents of residential care facilities as defined in
ORS 443.400.
  ' (c) Individuals who receive home- and community-based
services.'.
  Delete lines 11 through 15 and insert:
  ' (3) The department shall maintain records on individuals
described in subsection (1) of this section in order to create a
study, in collaboration with area agencies, of the impact of the
termination or reduction in services on such individuals. The
department shall contract with a private entity or individual to
conduct the study, which must include findings on all of the
following:'.
  Delete lines 24 and 25 and insert 'long term care facilities,
residential care facilities and home- and community-based
services.
  '  { +  SECTION 2. + }  { + 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 3. + }  { + Section 1 of this 2009 Act is
repealed on January 2, 2012. + }
  '  { +  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 on its passage. + } ' .
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