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Category Archive: Before The Legislature
Northwest Health Foundation releases new CHP public opinion poll
Northwest Health Foundation, through its Community Health Priorities Project, has just released new public opinion research conducted by Davis Hibbitts Midghall, revealing areas where Oregonians want health dollars spent.
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Farm to School Bill Failed During Budget Crisis - Will Not Go Away
As students and teachers around Oregon return from summer vacation and ask themselves what happened to Farm to School, it’s important that they know how hard people worked for the statewide bill and why it failed.
A bill that would have ...
House Subcommittee Approves $2.3 Million Health Investment in Breakfast
As the Oregonian reports, a House Ways and Means subcommittee approved a proposal to eliminate the cost of school breakfast for kids who qualify. Currently, kids in the qualifying income bracket pay 30¢ for breakfast and 40¢ lunch.
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What does tobacco have to do with obesity?
The Oregon Legislature is currently considering a sixty-cent tax on tobacco products that would be used to fund programs that “prevent or reduce tobacco use and obesity and recover smoking-related costs.”
The use of tobacco tax revenues to ...
SB 5529: Lays a solid foundation for a healthy, prepared state.
This bill increases the funding for the Department of Human Services (including programs for Public Health; Children, Adults, and Families; and Seniors and People with Disabilities) for the period 2009-2011. Data clearly show that funding ...HB 2726: Informed choices are healthier choices.
This bill creates rules for chain restaurants that make nutritional information, including calorie counts, visible and easily available. It would require chain restaurants with more than 15 outlets nationwide to make certain nutritional ...HB 2122: Tobacco tax to fund tobacco and chronic disease prevention
Saving Money, Saving Lives This bill would increase tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products and distribute tax revenues to the Department of Human Services for the purposes of health care, public health and health promotion. Raising taxes ...The Oregonian editorializes on menu labeling
On Monday, April 13, 2009, the Oregonian ran an editorial about the menu labeling bill being discussed in the Oregon House of Representatives. Unfortunately, the editorial missed a few fine points, so here is some additional info to chew on ...
