77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session
 
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LC 2182
 
                         House Bill 2131
 
Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession
  filed (at the request of House Interim Committee on Health
  Care)
 
 
                             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 certain information pertaining to bedbug infestations
to be held confidentially by public health authorities and
exempts information from disclosure under public records law.
Authorizes disclosure of information to specified other public
agencies.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the confidentiality of pest control reports; and
  declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) As used in this section:
  (a) 'Bedbug' means a member of the Cimicidae family of
parasitic insects.
  (b) 'Public health authority' means:
  (A) A local public health authority or health district; or
  (B) The Oregon Health Authority.
  (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the
following information reported by pest control operators or
otherwise in the custody of a public health authority must be
maintained confidentially and is not subject to disclosure under
ORS 192.410 to 192.505:
  (a) The location of a site where a pesticide intended to
prevent, destroy, repel or mitigate an infestation of bedbugs has
been applied or is to be applied;
  (b) The identity of any person who owns, rents or leases
property at the site described in paragraph (a) of this
subsection; and
  (c) Any information describing or pertaining to the infestation
or suspected infestation at the site described in paragraph (a)
of this subsection.
  (3) The information described in subsection (2) of this section
may be disclosed among public health authorities or to the State
Department of Agriculture, the Occupational Safety and Health
Division of the Department of Consumer and Business Services or
the Pesticide Analytical and Response Center, but may not be
further disclosed to a person not otherwise listed in this
subsection. + }
 
  SECTION 2.  { + This 2013 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2013 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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