[oblpct] Thursday legislative hearing SB 96

[Oregon Bd Licensed Profess Counselors & Therapists Information]

Senate Bill 96 is scheduled for a hearing in the 
Senate Health Care Reform Committee on 
Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 
3 p.m. in Hearing Room A

Summary of the bill

Expands list of health professional regulatory boards subject to health
care workforce data reporting to Office for Oregon Health Policy and
Research.   Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Why you should care about this proposed legislation:  

During the last year or two, a handful of health licensing boards
participated in a pilot program to collect this data.  The boards
participating in the pilot were required to pay money to the Oregon
Health Authority for analysis of the data, requiring each licensee to
pay $5 each in addition to other license and license renewal costs.
This bill would add LPCs and LMFTs to the data collection requirements.
 
 
Becky Eklund, Executive Director
Oregon Board of Licensed Professional
    Counselors and Therapists
3218 Pringle Road SE, #250
Salem, OR 97302
(503) 378-5499
www.oregon.gov/oblpct