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State plans to continue use of the federal website, but other functions will still be housed in the Department of Consumer & Business Services. The drafters of Senate Bill 1 have proposed language to make it clear that despite closing the independent agency, Oregon still maintains enough control over its insurance exchange to withstand a potentially fatal blow from the Supreme Court to Obamacare in most of the country.

Two bills introduced by Sen. Fred Girod, a dentist, would give clearer authority for dental hygienists to practice in Oregon as they have already been doing. One restores their right to prescribe fluoride and antimicrobials; the other refines the state law governing their practices, but faces opposition from Capitol Dental.