Things don’t always happen according to plan, especially in the political landscape. While plans are meant to be broken, and normal is not an expectation for anyone whose work revolves around the Capitol, the 2015 Oregon Legislative Session was unique. “We came in with a strategy. Our focus was to push our legislation, and, of course, we had hundreds of bills to follow, but a few days in, things turned,” said the OMA’s Director of Government Relations, Courtni Dresser. “It was surreal. Three weeks into the session and we had an unexpected resignation, and a new, appointed governor. Although I’ve been in Salem for 15 years, this was new,” said Dresser. However, the newly sworn-in Governor Kate Brown, the legislators, and the OMA quickly got back to work. The OMA successfully achieved passage of two bills specifically written to alleviate the administrative burden on the business side of medicine. In addition, our bill for school immunization rate transparency passed, and our support of pharmacists providing prescriptions of birth control, and the inclusion of e-cigarettes in the Indoor Clean Air Act we supported also passed (more on page 18). ADVOCACY IN ACTION OMA at Work for You in Salem By Shannonn Grroosssswwiilleerr,, DDiirreeccttoorr ooff MMaarrkkeetitningg a anndd Communications, Oregon Medical Association shannon@theoma.org 14 Medicine in Oregon www.TheOMA.org
OMA Medicine in Oregon Fall 2015
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