Directs Oregon Health Authority to implement website with functionality to provide online scheduling portal for health care providers that participate in medical assistance to use to contact health care interpreters directly and to process billing. Specifies individuals responsible for designing website. Requires authority to work with members of Oregon Council on Health Care Interpreters and organized labor to assess feasibility of opening up access to website by all health care providers. Directs authority to submit request to Governor for legislative measure to effectuate expansion, if authority determines that expansion of access to website is feasible.
Establishes two-year pilot program to provide financial assistance to health care interpreters.
Requires authority to develop and implement system for tracking state and federal expenditures in this state on interpretation services.
Establishes cause of action for patient or health care interpreter who suffers damages due to failure of interpretation service company or health care provider to comply with requirements for working with health care interpreters.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 414.726, 413.559, 413.563