Laurie Monnes Anderson
Oregon State Senator, District 25
Legislation
2010 LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
On Feb12, 2010 Senator Monnes Anderson carried SCR 20, honoring Ross Morgan. Watch the You Tube video here.
On Feb 5, 2010 Senator Monnes Anderson testified in front of the Senate Finance and Revenue committee about SB 1042, a tobacco preemption bill. The committee met in Hearing Room A at 1pm. Counties and cities can use a tobacco tax to help them meet their budget needs. This bill has died in committee.
On Feb 5, 2010 the Senate Chamber passed out, SB 1003, sponsored by Senator Monnes Anderson. Senator Monnes Anderson carried the bill on the floor. "Our small businesses need assistance. This bill will help many businesses maintain their workforce in addition to providing much needed healthcare," said Monnes Anderson. It will now be considered by the House. Click here for the press release.
On Feb 2, 2010 the Senate Health Care Committee passed out SB 1003, which will help small businesses provide health insurance to their employees. Click here for the press release.
2009 LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
East County Successes
• East County Gang Prevention Program. HB Bill 5054, helps prevent troubled youth from joining gangs and entering the corrections system. It secures funding for the East Metro Gang Enforcement Team, a program that investigates possible gang-related violence, provides expertise in gang issues, and collaborates with neighborhoods to identify and solve gang problems.
• Tax Supervising and Conservation Commission. HB 2074 allows governments to elect to not be under jurisdiction of tax supervising and conservation commission, eliminating a costly and redundant layer of bureaucracy for our local communities.
• Repairing and modernizing Oregon’s aging transportation systems. Our historic investment in transportation this session will keep commuters and commerce moving by investing in transportation systems across the state while creating 4,600 jobs each year for five years, including a $24 million investment in the I-84 interchange at Troutdale.
Providing for our Veterans
• Create task force on Veteran reintegration. SB 700 develops and designs continuing regional programs to help returning soldiers adjust to civilian life with healthcare, education, family and employment.
• Create a task force on Women Veterans’ Health Care. HB 2718A creates a task force to study the health care needs of veteran women including the identification and treatment of trauma, mental health and substance abuse.
Healthcare Reform & Quality Home Care
• Expanding access to quality affordable health care. As part of our historic health care reform package this session, I supported on HB 2116, which funds medical coverage for 80,000 children and an additional 35,000 low-income adults. This expansion will ensure that virtually all Oregon children have access to health care.
• Efficient health care delivery and smart cost containment. As chair of the Senate Health Care Committee, I spent months working on HB 2009 legislation that streamlines state health functions and cuts costs by promoting electronic health records, developing an end-of-life-care registry, establishing evidence-based clinical guidelines, and planning for workforce needs.
• Protecting access to in-home and community-based care. SB 5529 increases funding for Oregon Project Independence. This will protect a program that allows seniors to stay in their homes and receive in-home and community-based care at a far lower cost than that charged by a nursing home.
• Advocating for health related issues.
SB 8 allows volunteer health practitioners, who are licensed in other states and registered with the volunteer health practitioner registration system to practice in Oregon during an emergency.
SB 327 permits council on Naturopathic Physicians Formulary to determine drugs that naturopathic physicians may prescribe and to establish a formulary of permitted drugs.
SB 605A, allows certified nurse practitioner or certified nurse specialist approved to dispense prescription drugs to delegate non judgmental dispensing functions to staff under certain conditions.
SB 701A creates Nursing Faculty Loan Repayment Program for purpose of providing loan repayments for certain nurse educators at nursing schools in Oregon.
HB 2693 requires a school district to ensure that it has a specified ratio of nursing personnel to medically complex students, medically fragile students, and nursing dependent students. The legislation encourages the school districts to have one registered nurse or school nurse for every 750 students in school district.
• Child Care. HB 3487 requires person operating preschool recorded program to “record” program with Child Care Division of the Employment Department. Creates provisions relating to operation and regulation of preschool recorded programs including procedure for preschool recorded program to obtain recording. Requires person operating preschool recorded program to perform criminal background checks for all staff and volunteers. Adds operator of preschool recorded program to list of mandatory child abuse reporters.
• Defibrillator. SB 556 requires certain places of public assembly to have automated external defibrillator.
• Dispensing Drugs. SB 605 allows certified nurse practitioner or certified clinical nurse specialist approved to dispense prescription drugs to delegate nonjudgmental dispensing functions to staff under certain conditions.
• Community Based Health Care. SB 862 Requires Administrator of Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research to adopt rules for approval of community-based health care initiative and of community-based health care improvement program operated by initiative.
• Drugs for Children in Foster Care. HB 3114 Requires Department of Human Services to develop procedures for assessment by qualified mental health professional or licensed medical professional prior to issuance of prescription for more than one psychotropic medication for child in foster care.
• Transparency Website. HB 2500 Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to develop and make available Oregon transparency website for purpose of allowing people to view information that is public record and not exempt from disclosure.
• Deca Ban. SB 596 modifies definition of “hazardous substance” to include decabrominated diphenyl ether.
• Adoption of foreign children. HB 3471 Requires Department of Human Services to work with United States Department of State to implement requirements of Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption for purposes relating to adoption of foreign children.
• Insurance Rates. SB 377 prohibits insurer that issues personal insurance policy from using credit information to increase consumer’s premium after rerating consumer at consumer’s request.
• Quitting Tobacco. SB 734 requires certain health insurers to cover tobacco use cessation programs.
• Insurance Refunds. SB 508 requires health insurers to request refunds from providers within 24 months of date of payment and to allow six months for payment of refund.
• Health Insurance. SB 507 requires health insurers to approve or reject provider’s application to become credentialed provider within 90 days of receipt.
Rebuilding Economic Security for Working Families
• Expanding unemployment insurance. HB 3483 and SB 462 permit low wage workers to get training for better paying jobs while receiving benefits, counts most recent work experience when determining eligibility, and extends relief for all workers facing an end to benefits.
• Fighting for tax fairness. HB 3405 and HB 2649 raise the $10 corporate minimum tax to ensure that corporations pay their fair share and ask the wealthiest Oregonians to pitch in a little more to protect vital state services.
• Go Oregon! Jobs stimulus program. I strongly supported the Legislature’s initiative to create thousands of jobs across the state by investing in long-differed maintenance projects at state facilities and community colleges – including a substantial investment at Mt. Hood Community College.
• Curbing scrap metal theft. SB 570 B requires scrap metal business to create and maintain certain records pertaining to purchase and transfer of metal property. It also does the following: 1) requires payment for all metal property in the form of a check mailed to the seller’s home address, 2) creates a process for metal scrap business to retain metal property suspected to be lost or stolen, 3) requires consignment and second-hand stores to comply with provisions of the measure, 4) creates immunity for landowner where an injury or damage occurs as a result of theft of metal property, 5) creates misdemeanor crimes of unlawfully altering metal property; making false statement of metal property record; unlawfully purchasing or receiving metal property; and, unlawfully possessing metal property, 6) provides that scrap metal business must wait three business days before mailing payment for scrap purchased, 7) requires scrap metal business to report to law enforcement within 24 hours any purchase of metal property that the person knows or has reason to know is subject of theft or burnt metallic recording requirement., 8) requires auto dealers, towers and dismantlers to comply with recording requirements if they buy private metal property (such as catalytic converters not attached to a vehicle) or other metal property not attached to a vehicle, 9) adds forestry and logging equipment to definition of “commercial metal property,” and 10) requires information regarding individual’s criminal history be provided to scrap metal businesses in writing or electronically by law enforcement.
• Increasing hours of day during which children under 16 years of age may work. HB 2826A clarifies that the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries is responsible for issuing special overtime permits for minors under the age of 16 years working in agriculture. Establishes that minors, age 14 and 15 years old, may work between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., and between 7:00 am and 9:00 p.m. when working between June 1 and Labor Day.
• Employee leave for family members of members of military. HB 2744 requires employer that employs 25 or more persons in Oregon for each working day during specified periods of time to provide leave to certain employees who are spouses of members of military forces that are on active duty during periods of military conflict.
• Head Start Program. HB 3041 allows Department of Education to establish pilot project for purpose of assisting federal Head Start program providers located in Oregon with adopting and implementing health literacy program.
• Dental Hygienists License. HB 3204 modifies qualifications for limited access permit dental hygienist authorized to practice dental hygiene without supervision. Allows Limited Access Permit Dental Hygienist to render all services permitted under scope of practice of dental hygiene to patients in hospitals, medical clinics, medical offices or offices operated or staffed by nurse practitioners, physician assistants or midwives.
• Maternal Mental Health. HB 2666 creates a work group on maternal mental health disorders within Department of Human Services.
• Religious Freedom. SB 786 requires employer to provide reasonable accommodation to religious observance or practices of employee unless providing accommodation would impose undue hardship on employer.
• Political Contributions. HB 2004 establishes the Oregon Political Party Fund. Allows a resident individual taxpayer filing a full-year tax return to designate a contribution to be made to the Oregon Political Party Fund. Each contribution may be up to $3 per taxpayer, reduces the amount of refund due, and is directed to the major or minor political party designated on the form.
Law Enforcement and Pest Management Legislation
• Law enforcement animal. HB 2629 imposes additional fine of $500 on person convicted of crime of interfering with law enforcement animal.
• Pests in Schools. SB 637 requires adoption of integrated pest management plans for schools.
2007 Legislative Session
Healthcare:
SB 329 - Oregon Health Fund
SB 3 - Healthy Kids Legislation
SB 341 - Tissue/Organ Bank Regulations
SB 342 - Nursing Shortage and Education
SB 4 - Nursing Shortage
SB 880 - Medicine Pain Management
Insurance:
SB 586 - Health Insurance Individuals
SB 587 - Health Insurance Small Group
Telecommunications:
SB 470 - Public Utilities Telecommunications Internet Capacity and Capability Grant of Lottery Funds
SB 577 - Public Utilities Telecommunications. Special Public Works
SJR 19 - Public Utilities Telecommunications State Infrastructure Internet Protocol
SJR 20 - Public Utilities Telecommunications Healthcare ORTCC Health Education Committee
Taxation:
SB 825 - Property Tax Credits Senior Citizens
SB 826 - Property Tax Exemption for Low-Income Elderly Persons
2005 Legislative Session
SJR 25: Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution to permit local taxing districts to propose, and district voters to adopt, a rate limit on property taxes that is less than district’s rate limit.
SB 599: Requires courts to dismiss a failure to carry proof of insurance charge if the individual delivers proof of compliance before the court date.
SB 877: Medical assistance for children with severe mental illness, who are at risk of hospitalization, or placement in an alternative institutional setting and who would not otherwise be eligible for medical assistance due to parental income or resources.
SB 879: Modifies strategic investment program. This legislation helps streamline the process for bringing big manufactures to Oregon.
SB 881: Puts in place a state wide registry of conservators, guardians and trustees.
SB 883: Permits certain payers of health care claims to reduce amount of payment if claim is not in compliance with federal regulations.
SB 1096: This legislation allows Gresham control over its own roads.
HB 2601: Appropriates monies from General fund to Oregon DAS for capital construction of Gresham Center for the Arts.
Legislation prior to 2005
SB 800 B (See also) HB 3606: Chief sponsor-With a high unemployment rate Oregon was importing people to fill jobs in the healthcare industry. Oregon lacked the resources to train enough nurses to meet the job demand of the State. Laurie sponsored a bill that directs OHSU to distribute grants to post-secondary institutions to expand capacity of nursing programs and allocates moneys to community colleges to facilitate the expansion of healthcare training programs. This placed job seekers with training they needed for in demand careers. (Law 8/22)
HB- 2349 B: As Representative, she sponsored a bill to create the Oregon patient Safety Commission as a semi-independent state agency to improve patient safety. (Law 8/21)
HB 2537: As Representative, she sponsored this bill that helps small businesses that are not eligible for subsides under Family Health Insurance Assistance Programs get affordable health insurance for their employees. Permits Insurance Pool Governing Board to contract for and offer health benefit plans for certain small employers that are not eligible for subsidies under Family Health Insurance Assistance Program. (Law 9/03)
HJR 6: Chief sponsor in recognizing February 2003 as Oregon School-based healthcare. (Signed 2/04)
HJR 48: Chief sponsor- Urges the Governor to allocate moneys to provide training for healthcare providers from the Workforce Investment act of 1998. (Filed with SOS 5/25)
SB 708B: Chief sponsor- Allows nurse practitioners to distribute prescription drugs after the individual nurse gets approval from the Oregon State Board of Nursing. Increases access to prescription drugs for the needy and individuals who face geographical barriers. (Law 1/04)
SB 875: Representative Monnes Anderson voted YES to establish the Oregon Prescription Drug Program within the Department of Administrative Services that allows participants to receive drugs at a lower cost. (Effective (9/04)
HB 3624: As State Representative, she voted YES to enact a cost management tool that relates to medical assistance program of human services. (Effective 9/03)
HB 2627-01: As Representative, she sponsored this legislation that permits practitioners authorization to prescribe drugs and to electronically transmit prescription drug order to pharmacists. It also requires Department of Human Services to seek waiver from federal Health Care Financing Administration permitting Office of Medical Assistance Programs to communicate prescription drug orders by electronic means from prescribing practitioner to pharmacist. (Law 1/02)
HB 3214-01: Representative Monnes Anderson sponsored this bill that ensured the department of Human Services treats women who have breast or cervical cancer. (Law 8/02)
Oregon Health Plan: Representative Monnes Anderson voted for HB 2511, HB 3624, 2189, and 5031
