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Notes From Laurie A District Update Serving |
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May 2007 |
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In This
Newsletter: · School Nurses for All · Safe Practices Bill · Revenue Forecast · Town hall May 24th & Memorial Day Rememberance Speech
Senators
Laurie Monnes Anderson demonstrating her 25 years of
experience as a public health nurse.
The senator speaking with Governor Kulongoski
and Senate Majority leader Kate Brown.
In honor of Memorial Day . State Senator Laurie Monnes
Anderson 900 Court Phone: 503-986-1725 Fax: 503-986-1080 Visit my website for additional information. Website: http://www.leg.state.or.us/monnesanderson/ http://lauriemonnesanderson.com |
Greetings, The 2007 Legislative Session is well under way. Now that the final Revenue Forecast has been released, we can begin the wrap up process and hopefully end the session
early. My focus for the last weeks
will be to put economic
resources where they are really needed. I am continuing to represent the people of my district here in inform you about some recent successes and to alert you about an
upcoming town hall. Read ahead to learn more about what has happened so far in the
session. Two important healthcare
bills I carried, Senate Bill 341 and House Bill 2773, will soon be awaiting the
Governor’s signature. I can proudly say that Oregonians are seeing the healthcare reform they deserve. Yours truly,
School Nurses for All I am proud to report that House Bill 2773 was passed 25 to 3 by the Senate on May 15, 2007. The bill creates a School Nursing Task Force that will be responsible for recommending a plan to establish school nursing services in all schools in
Children come to school with minor illnesses, infections and injury (i.e.
skin infections, bronchitis, sinusitis).
Many children need
help in monitoring their asthma or diabetes.
Disabled children need nursing protocols written, and their health care
supervised in the public school system. When children do not have access to health care, we all
suffer. Without health care, kids do not do as well in
school. Additionally, we have an obligation to our children to
ensure they have the knowledge, skills and opportunities to
pursue their dreams. School nurses play an extremely important
role in our school
system. Safe Practices Bill Senate Bill 341 (A), the Safe Practices Bill I sponsored,
is expected to
pass the House today or early next week. SB 341 is a safety bill that requires health facilities performing tissue or corneal transplants to obtain tissue from registered and regulated tissue banks or eye banks. We want every provider who does transplants to be prohibited from buying from unsafe, unaccredited suppliers. We also want the personnel who handle these tissues to also meet the high standards of an accredited
association. Revenue Forecast The Final Revenue Forecast for the next two years was released this week and be strong. The Co-Chairs of Ways and Means would like to allocate an additional 35 million dollars to community colleges, including and Workforce Development would receive 5 million dollars in additional resources, which bodes well for small
businesses. Healthcare could see a
much needed increase of 2 million dollars, which will be used
to help make
healthcare more affordable and efficient. Town hall May 24th I will be holding a town hall on May 24th. The topic will be a
Legislative update on this session. Questions and comments from all of you will be much appreciated. ·
When: May 24, 2007 at 6:30 p.m. ·
Where: ·
What: Legislative Update There will be light refreshments provided by the Robert Brown. I look forward to seeing you there. Memorial Day Remembrance I will be giving a Memorial Day remembrance speech on May
28th. ·
When: May 28, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. ·
Where: Corner of Powell and Roberts in
downtown ·
What: Memorial Day remembrance speech I am looking forward to seeing you there. Contact Us: Please
feel free to contact me. It is important for me to know what concerns the
people in my district have. My office is always open. |
