Oregon Measure 99, Home Care Commission for the Elderly Initiative (2000)
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| Topic Healthcare governance and Public assistance programs |
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| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Oregon Measure 99 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Oregon on November 7, 2000. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported creating an independent, public Home Care Commission to ensure high quality home care services for elderly and disabled persons who receive publicly funded personal care in their homes. |
A "no" vote opposed creating an independent, public Home Care Commission to ensure high quality home care services for elderly and disabled persons who receive publicly funded personal care in their homes. |
Election results
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Oregon Measure 99 |
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911,217 | 62.82% | ||
| No | 539,414 | 37.18% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure 99 was as follows:
| “ | AMENDS CONSTITUTION: CREATES COMMISSION ENSURING QUALITY HOME CARE SERVICES FOR ELDERLY, DISABLED RESULT OF “YES” VOTE: “Yes” vote creates commission ensuring quality home services for elderly, disabled receiving publicly-funded care. RESULT OF “NO” VOTE: “No” vote rejects commission ensuring quality home services for elderly, disabled receiving publicly-funded care. SUMMARY: Amends constitution. Creates nine-member commission ensuring high-quality home care services for elderly, disabled receiving publicly-funded personal care. Members appointed by Governor for three-year terms, confirmed by Senate. Commission would establish home care worker qualifications, registry; provide routine, emergency, respite referrals of qualified care providers; provide training opportunities. Clients would retain right to hire provider of their choosing. Commission would be home care workers' employer for collective bargaining purposes. Home care workers would have public employees’ collective bargaining rights, could not strike. ESTIMATE OF FINANCIAL IMPACT: This measure requires state expenditures of $938,646 in the year of implementation and $928,106 annually thereafter. There is no financial effect on state or local government revenues, or on local government expenditures. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
An initiated constitutional amendment is a citizen-initiated ballot measure that amends a state's constitution. Eighteen (18) states allow citizens to initiate constitutional amendments.
In Oregon, the number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment is equal to 8% of the votes cast in the last gubernatorial election. A simple majority vote is required for voter approval unless the initiative proposes changing vote requirements, then the initiative must be approved by the same supermajority requirement as proposed by the measure.
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Footnotes
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