OR HB2993

Oregon Medical Board and Oregon State Board of Nursing must jointly establish a language education program for health care providers they regulate to increase fluent patient communication

Patient forms required by board-regulated health care providers must be made available in the patient's first language or a language they can comfortably communicate in

Boards may contract with third parties to fulfill the form translation requirements

Boards have authority to determine by rule which specific languages will be offered for both the education program and translated forms