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Friendly House Announces New Affiliation as SAGE Metro Portland

 
May 8, 2013 - For over a decade Friendly House has provided a range of services for LGBT older adults with a mission to enhance the lives of LGBT community members through education, advocacy, outreach, resource development and case management. Previously known as Gay & Grey, we are now officially joining the SAGE network as the Portland local affiliate and will be known as SAGE Metro Portland. SAGE (Services & 
Advocacy for GLBT elders) is the world’s oldest and largest nonprofit agency dedicated to serving LGBT older adults. Since its inception, SAGE has pioneered programs and services for the aging LGBT community, provided technical assistance and training to expand opportunities, and advocated for public policy changes that address the needs of LGBT older adults. 
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Audit Recommends Changes to Public Assistance System

Agencies agree to make changes to improve eligibility criteria and monitoring
 
<p>May 8, 2013 - Secretary of State Kate Brown today released a new audit that recommends Oregon consider changes to the eligibility criteria used in public assistance programs to ensure that these important programs serve those Oregonians most in need.</p>
 
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Outreach, Talk of Transparency Take Stage at Health Share's Community Advisory Council

Board meetings will have 'open sessions by invitation' and board meeting minutes will be available by request
May 8, 2013 – Following a relatively brief discussions of the ongoing Community Health Needs Assessment, the Mental Health and Addictions Committee and an update from CEO Janet Meyer – and a preview of the new member handbook – Health Share of Oregon's community advisory council went into an executive session that, according to the meeting agenda, was slated to last two hours. Read More >>

Conference Committee Wants Under-18 Ban for Tanning Beds

The move should clear the way for Oregon to be the third state to ban tanning for minors, and comes a day after the Food and Drug Administration proposes warning labels for the carcinogenic devices.
  May 8, 2013 -- A day after the Food and Drug Administration proposed new warning labels about the risk of cancer from tanning beds, the Oregon Legislature moved closer to banning commercial tanning salons from serving customers younger than 18.
 
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Cambia Health Solutions Targets Businesses with Private Health Exchange

The company, which offers insurance through Regence BlueCross BlueShield in Oregon, has launched TailorWell while pulling back from public insurance marketplace
May 8, 2013 -- One of the largest health insurers in the Pacific Northwest has set up a private insurance exchange aimed at enrolling workers at medium-sized businesses, even as it opts to keep its flagship health plans off the public exchanges that will start connecting individuals and small businesses to insurance later this year. Read More >>

Kaiser Permanente Northwest Joins Oregon Health Network (an OCHIN Organization), Extending Information Connectivity throughout Oregon

Kaiser Permanente Northwest (KPNW) joins Oregon Health Network (OHN) making it easier to connect with their partners and other medical providers throughout Oregon.
May 8, 2013 – Oregon Health Network, a wholly owned subsidiary of OCHIN whose mission is to improve the quality, access, and delivery of health care to all Oregonians, recently announced that Kaiser Permanente Northwest (KPNW) has become its newest member. OHN is Oregon’s health information highway, providing information connectivity to the entire health care continuum in Oregon. OHN uses FCC grant funds to provide a widely available, low-cost, integrated, and monitored health care network that allows users to benefit from increased health information exchange, telehealth, and conference services throughout the state of Oregon. Read More >>

Kaiser Permanente to Present $100,000 Check to Mayor Hales, Kicking Off Portland Sunday Parkways' 6th Season

  May 6, 2013 — In a celebration of community health and the first Sunday Parkways of the season, Kaiser Permanente employees, including physician and community benefit leadership, will walk from Pioneer Courthouse Square to City Hall on May 8 to make a formal check presentation.  Read More >>

Oregon's 2013 Rate of Vaccine-Exempted Kindergartners Increases Statewide Over 2012

Oregon’s 2013 newly announced 6.4 percent rate of kindergartners who are exempted for religious reasons tops the 2012 rate; Coalition for Senate Bill 132 confirms need for legislation
May 7, 2013 - The Oregon Immunization Program today released the 2013 rates of Oregon kindergartners who have cited non-medical (religious) exemption from one or more required vaccines, showing the rate of exemptions has increased to an all-time high of 6.4 percent. National data showed that in 2012, Oregon had the highest rate non-medical exemptions from immunizations for kindergartners. Read More >>

New NIH Council of Councils members named

  May 7, 2013 -- The National Institutes of Health today announced the appointment of 10 individuals to the NIH Council of Councils. The council was established to advise the NIH Director on policies and activities of the Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI), including making recommendations on research that represents important areas of emerging scientific opportunities, rising public health challenges, or knowledge gaps that deserve special emphasis or would otherwise benefit from strategic planning and coordination. Read More >>

Bill Giving Teens Unfettered Access to Therapists Arouses Debate Over Parental Rights

Senate Bill 491 would allow teens to bypass their parents when seeking help for mental health issues, which can arise from conflicts with their parents.
  May 7, 2013 — Teens struggling with a problem at home could have a better chance to access mental health services under a bill debated Monday in the House Health Committee.
 
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