Requires Oregon Health Authority to convene work group to advise and assist in implementing targeted outreach and marketing for Health Care for All Oregon Children program. Permits all children residing in Oregon and meeting financial eligibility requirements to enroll in program. Requires authority, in collaboration with Department of Consumer and Business Services if necessary, to seek necessary federal approval or waiver of federal requirements to secure federal financial participation in costs of outreach and marketing and in expansion of eligibility for program. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires Department of Revenue to estimate projected amount of revenue, attributable to net capital gain, to be received by department for current tax year and to estimate amount received for previous tax year. Directs department to calculate standard deviation and, if amount received exceeds estimate by more than one standard deviation, to transfer amount equal to excess to Higher Education Coordinating Commission to be used for grants pursuant to Oregon Opportunity Grant program. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to develop and implement program to provide technical assistance to Oregon landowners, businesses and communities regarding nonlethal methods to reduce conflict between humans and wildlife.
Creates Family Leave Benefits Insurance program to provide benefits to employees taking family leave. Requires employers to withhold amount from employee earnings for deposit into Family Leave Benefits Insurance Account. Continuously appropriates moneys in account to Bureau of Labor and Industries and requires bureau to administer claims for benefits. Establishes qualifications for benefits. Creates unlawful employment practice. Authorizes bureau to assess civil penalties against employers for failure to comply with withholding requirements. Establishes procedures and requirements for filing reports with Department of Revenue.
Directs State Department of Fish and Wildlife to conduct study on health of shellfish populations in this state. Requires report to be submitted to interim legislative committees related to environment and natural resources no later than September 15, 2017. Sunsets on date of convening of 2018 regular session of Legislative Assembly. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Provides that court may not issue warrant or impose sanction of confinement for contempt that results from defendant's failure to comply with judgment debtor examination or written interrogatories. Provides that person against whom contempt complaint has been issued as result of failure to comply with judgment debtor examination or written interrogatories may not be cited to appear in lieu of custody. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Increases fuel tax and motor carrier taxes. Schedules future increases of fuel tax every five years. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Establishes Task Force on Medical Assistance Funding. Specifies membership and duties of task force. Requires task force to develop proposal for funding state medical assistance program with assessment on all medical claims processed in this state for health care items and services. Sunsets task force on December 31, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires Department of Environmental Quality to conduct study of brownfields programs in other states. Sunsets December 31, 2018. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Establishes dispute resolution procedures for charges for emergency services and for unexpected medical bills for out-of-network health care services. Requires insurers to make available process for out-of-network referrals and prior authorizations. Requires insurers to reimburse cost of out-of-network health care services in specified circumstances. Requires providers to disclose to patients health plans in which providers participate. Requires Department of Consumer and Business Services to convene out-of-network reimbursement rate task force and specifies membership and duties. Sunsets task force on December 31, 2018. Makes various changes to requirements in Insurance Code regarding out-of-network providers and notices that must be provided to insureds.
Requires Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to convene task force to study and make recommendations for improving and stabilizing health insurance exchange. Specifies membership of task force. Sunsets task force on December 31, 2018. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Creates penalty for unbonded or unlicensed sale or distribution of use fuel. Increases penalty for late filing of motor vehicle fuel statement by dealer. Increases penalty for unlicensed use of fuel in motor vehicle. Imposes penalty for late filing of use fuel report by seller or user. Changes description of Indian jurisdictions excluded from exported fuel exemption from motor vehicle fuel license tax. Creates presumption of nonpayment of tax on exported motor vehicle fuel upon failure to produce proof of payment of tax or exemption. Advances sunset date of exemption for biodiesel blend fuel.
