2021 Regular Session HB 3035 A

• Bill Title: Relating to health care for adults in custody; declaring an emergency.

Catchline/Summary

Directs Department of Corrections and Oregon Health Authority to establish healthcare navigator pilot program within Coffee Creek Correctional Facility.

Directs Department of Corrections and local correctional facilities to assess and address health care needs of persons in custody upon intake] and Oregon Health Authority to establish healthcare navigator pilot program within Coffee Creek Correctional Facility. Directs department, in consultation with authority, to develop health assessment for persons entering facility. Establishes standards for provision of health care to persons in custody. Requires that person in custody receive] be offered copy of medical records upon release.

Establishes health] healthcare navigator positions for employment within Department of Corrections and local correctional facilities] Coffee Creek Correctional Facility. Specifies duties of healthcare navigators. Provides that health] healthcare navigator salaries are paid by Oregon Health Authority. Appropriates moneys to authority to fund positions.

Directs Department of Corrections and cities and counties operating local correctional facilities] to regularly report to Legislative Assembly each biennium] concerning health data and health outcomes of persons in custody and results of survey of pilot program participants.

Sunsets program on June 30, 2023.

Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2021.

• Fiscal Impact: Fiscal Impact Issued
• Revenue Impact: No Revenue Impact
• Current Location: In House Committee
• Current Committee: Joint Committee On Ways and Means