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Relating to disease outbreaks in congregate care facilities.

It became law on Aug 1, 2019.

OR HB 2600 · House Bill · 2019 Regular Session

Stage
Became law
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House
Sponsors
+21
Latest action
Aug 1, 2019

What it does

Requires long term care facilities, conversion facilities and residential care facilities providing care to six or more residents to adopt specified protocols and procedures regarding preventing and reporting disease outbreaks. Requires facilities to have designated individual with specialized training to be responsible for carrying out infection prevention and control protocols. Requires Department of Human Services, in coordination with Oregon Health Authority, to communicate regularly with facility administrators regarding best practices and protocols and to notify facilities of elevated risk of disease outbreak in facility's community. Requires administrators and certain employees of…

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Aug 1, 2019

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Where it goes next

It is law in Oregon. What happens now is up to the agency that carries it out, the courts, and the place itself.

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