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Committee receives testimony supporting 2‑hour suicide prevention training for physicians, with calls to clarify lethal‑means language
Summary
The House Committee on Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans heard testimony March 11 on House Bill 2,538, which would require two hours of continuing‑education training every six years on suicide risk assessment and lethal‑means counseling for physicians and physician associates.
The House Committee on Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans held a public hearing March 11 on House Bill 2,538, a measure that would require the Oregon Medical Board to adopt rules requiring a physician or physician assistant to complete at least two hours of continuing education on suicide risk assessment, treatment and management — including lethal‑means counseling — every six years.
"Three out of four veterans die by suicide. They saw a primary care provider in the year before their death," sponsor Chair Thuy Tran told the committee in support of the bill, arguing the training will make primary‑care providers better able to identify and…
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