Relating to health care interpreters; and declaring an emergency.
Summary
Requires health care providers to work with health care interpreters from health care interpreter registry operated by Oregon Health Authority to provide interpretation services. Requires health professional regulatory boards, Department of Human Services and authority to adopt rules to enforce requirement. Provides exceptions. Requires interpretation service companies to only employ or contract with health care interpreters listed on health care registry, subject to exceptions. Requires Oregon Council on Health Care Interpreters to develop and approve standards for testing, qualification and certification of certain health care interpreters. Requires authority to train and certify or qualify health care interpreters and maintain central registry of certified or qualified health care interpreters. Requires coordinated care organizations to work with health care interpreters listed on health care interpreter registry. Makes certain health care interpreters subject workers for purposes of workers' compensation benefits. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Jun 2021
House Passage
Jun 2021
Senate Passage
Jun 2021
Signed into Law
Jul 2021
Introduced Jan 11, 2021
Signed Jul 14, 2021
Floor votes · House Jun 17, 2021
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
9
Committee
8
Jul 14, 2021
Signed into law
Governor signed.
lower
Jun 26, 2021
Upper · Passed
President signed.
upper
Jun 24, 2021
Lower · Passed
Speaker signed.
lower
Jun 22, 2021
Introduced
Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
upper
Jun 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed.
upper
Jun 21, 2021
Upper · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill.
upper
Jun 17, 2021
Committee
Referred to Ways and Means.
upper
Jun 17, 2021
Introduced
First reading. Referred to President's desk.
upper
Jun 17, 2021
Lower · Passed
Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Salinas. Passed.
lower
Jun 15, 2021
Lower · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed.
lower
Jun 8, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned to Full Committee.
lower
Jun 3, 2021
Committee
Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services.
lower
Apr 19, 2021
Committee
Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker.
lower
Apr 19, 2021
Lower · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means.
lower
Jan 20, 2021
Committee
Referred to Health Care.
lower
Jan 11, 2021
Introduced
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
lower
2 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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