Requires Oregon Health Authority to conduct study of effectiveness of Oregon Integrated and Coordinated Health Care Delivery System in improving health outcomes for medical assistance recipients.
Creates subtraction from federal taxable income for benefits paid to surviving spouse or dependent child of service member. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2017. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Removes service charge exemption for translator districts in certain instances. Imposes service charge liability on owners of property entirely surrounded by district and receiving signals from translator district.
Allows for blood test to be taken to determine presence of controlled substances or inhalants for purpose of Motorist Implied Consent Law. Provides that person who operates motor vehicle upon premises open to public or highways of this state is deemed to have given consent to submit to drug recognition evaluation under certain circumstances.
Authorizes coastal county to impose local transient lodging tax on residential short-term vacation rental property by submitting question to county electors. Requires revenue to be made available to community development corporation or county housing authority for purposes of funding housing in coastal communities in county. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs Administrator of the Division of Child Support of the Department of Justice to conduct statewide study regarding child support no later than July 1, 2018. Requires administrator to submit report regarding study to interim legislative committees no later than November 1, 2018. Sunsets January 1, 2019. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Grants Governor authority to declare economic emergency. Authorizes state agencies to reclassify managerial employees to at-will employment status and to adjust staffing levels of managerial employees. Requires state agency that reclassified managerial employees to at-will employment status to review personnel adjustments made during economic emergency to determine value of those adjustments and to report findings to Governor and Legislative Assembly.
Increases rates of taxation on cigarettes and tobacco products. Applies increase to cigarettes and tobacco products distributed on or after January 1, 2018, and to existing inventories of cigarettes not yet acquired by consumers as of January 1, 2018. Imposes tax on inhalant-form nicotine at point of retail sale, based on concentration of nicotine. Directs proceeds of tax to Oregon Health Plan Fund. Applies to inhalant-form nicotine sold after January 1, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires contracting agency to base determination of contractor's responsibility for public improvement contract on contractor's demonstrating that contractor has provided health insurance to contractor's employees for period of two years before contractor submitted bid for public improvement contract. Specifies exemptions for certain bidders.
Eliminates conflicting definitions relating to expenses for medical services provided to individuals in local correctional facilities.
Requires Secretary of State to conduct study and develop recommendations regarding most effective methods of improving candidate inclusion in voters' pamphlet and efficacy of voters' pamphlet. Requires secretary to submit report detailing recommendations by October 1, 2018. Sunsets January 2, 2019.
Authorizes state agency employee who is licensed to carry concealed handgun to store personal handgun and ammunition in locked container in vehicle while employee is at work and vehicle is parked in state agency parking lot.
