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Bill would restore authority for OYA and county juvenile staff to seek compelled communicable-disease testing
Summary
Senate Bill 813 would add Oregon Youth Authority and county juvenile department employees back to a statute that allows certain public safety and health workers to petition for court-ordered communicable-disease testing following significant exposure.
The House Committee on Judiciary heard technical-fix testimony on Senate Bill 813, which would add Oregon Youth Authority and county juvenile department employees to the list of workers authorized to petition a circuit court for an order compelling a person to undergo testing for communicable diseases after a significant occupational exposure.
Debbie Martin, legislative coordinator for the Oregon Youth Authority, said the change restores language altered in 2017 that unintentionally removed OYA and county juvenile staff from the statute. “Right now ... parole and probation, corrections workers, public safety, first responders who come into contact with communicable diseases while performing their duties have the right to compel that source person to be tested,” Martin said. The bill would put OYA and county juvenile employees on the same footing as similarly situated public-safety personnel.
Nut graf: Testimony characterized SB 813 as a technical correction to restore an existing protection for juvenile corrections and county juvenile staff; the bill was reported from the Senate with roll-call counts noted in committee materials.
Martin told members the bill is narrow and procedural; no fiscal or programmatic expansion was described in testimony. The bill summary noted it would take effect on the 91st day following adjournment.
Ending: The committee closed the public hearing and will consider the technical change in its upcoming work sessions.
