Bill Text: OR SB168 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to standards for collection of demographic data; declaring an emergency.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB168 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2013-SB168-Introduced.html
77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session
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Senate Bill 168
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
of the President (at the request of Senate Interim Committee on
Health Care, Human Services and Rural Health Policy for Asian
Pacific American Network of Oregon and Oregon Health Equity
Alliance)
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 Oregon Health Authority and Department of Human
Services to adopt by rule uniform standards for collection of
data on race, ethnicity and preferred languages of medical
assistance recipients. Provides that standards must be based on
local, statewide and national best practices for data collection.
Requires report to appropriate committees of Legislative Assembly
on implementation of standards.
Declares emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to standards for collection of demographic data; and
declaring an emergency.
Whereas the data collection standards used by state agencies
are inconsistent and insufficient to adequately assess the status
and needs of Oregon's communities of color, and immigrant and
refugee communities; and
Whereas inadequate data collection standards make it difficult
to analyze how race, ethnicity and language impact individual and
community health, making services more expensive and less
effective in addressing community needs; and
Whereas improved data collection supports more effective
interventions to address persistent disparities and protects
public entities from liabilities arising from violation of civil
rights laws; and
Whereas improvements in data collection standards are needed to
ensure state of the art, efficient, uniform and consistent data
collection by race, ethnicity and preferred language; now,
therefore,
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. { + The Oregon Health Authority, in collaboration
with the Department of Human Services, shall adopt by rule
uniform standards, based on local, statewide and national best
practices, for the collection of data on the race, ethnicity and
preferred spoken and written languages of all recipients of
medical assistance. The authority and the department shall review
and update the standards at least once every two years to ensure
that the standards are efficient, uniform and consistent with
best practices. + }
SECTION 2. { + No later than February 1, 2014, the Oregon
Health Authority and the Department of Human Services shall
report to the appropriate committees of the Legislative Assembly
in the manner provided in ORS 192.245 on the implementation of
section 1 of this 2013 Act. The report must include, but is not
limited to:
(1) A description of the uniform standards for data collection
and the implementation of the standards across all data systems;
and
(2) The challenges to implementing systemwide standards. + }
SECTION 3. { + 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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