Requires notifications and process for allowing interested telecommunications providers to coordinate with Department of Transportation to include installation of underground infrastructure for provision of broadband as part of certain projects included in Statewide Transportation Improvement Program. Becomes operative January 1, 2022. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs Department of Public Safety Standards and Training to designate one or more accrediting bodies for law enforcement agencies with 35 or more sworn police officers. Phases in requirement for law enforcement agencies to become accredited based on agency size. Directs department to report to Legislative Assembly on amount of additional instruction hours necessary to expand equity training in basic training course for police officers. Adds two public members to Board of Public Safety Standards and Training. Adds public member to Police Policy Committee of board. Directs department to develop statewide equity training program for police officers and require training for basic certification as police officer. Provides that police officer certification may be denied, suspended or revoked if officer has been discharged for cause for use of excessive force, abuse of lawful authority or discriminatory policing. Increases specified limitation on expenditures by department for purposes of carrying out Act. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Delays implementation requirements for paid family and medical leave program. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Updates connection date to federal Internal Revenue Code and other provisions of federal tax law. Expands types of expenses, in conformity with federal law, for which use of withdrawal from higher education savings network account is qualified withdrawal for purpose of tax-advantaged treatment. Conforms age limits, applicable to retirement and to commencing payment of benefits, to federal law, for purposes of Public Employees Retirement System. Applies to transactions or activities occurring on or after January 1, 2021, in tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2021. Ties to provisions of federal law as amended and in effect on April 1, 2021. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Extends sunset on requirement that Oregon Health Authority reimburse cost of mental health drugs in medical assistance program. Prohibits authority from requiring prior authorization for mental health drugs under specified conditions. Defines "mental health drug." Requires Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee to consider recommendations of Mental Health Clinical Advisory Group in making recommendations to authority regarding mental health drugs to be included on any preferred drug list or Practitioner-Managed Prescription Drug Plan. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs Construction Contractors Board to adopt rules that require persons that lease construction vehicles in this state to maintain construction vehicles in condition that allows for safe and reliable operation of construction vehicles, to keep certain logs, records and documents and to provide or offer to provide training in safe and reliable operation of construction vehicles. ] Requires board to inspect, at least once every two years, persons that lease construction vehicles in this state and assess level of compliance with board's rules. Permits board to charge costs of inspection to person that is subjected to inspection. ] Requires contracting agency, as part of contracting agency's determination of whether bidder for public improvement contract is responsible, to check board's assessment of person that supplies construction vehicles for public improvement contract and require bidder to obtain construction vehicles only from person that achieves passing grade from board. ] Declares emergency, effective on passage. ] Requires person that rents utility vehicle to contracting agency to provide records that describe in detail results of most recent inspection that person performed or had performed on utility vehicle's traction, structure, power train, control components and related parts and equipment in compliance with specified rules, regulations or standards. Provides that person must also provide instructions about how to comply with recommendations from utility vehicle's manufacturer for operating and maintaining utility vehicle, records of all incidents in which use of utility vehicle resulted in injuries or deaths because of equipment failure and affidavit in which person attests to compliance with applicable safety standards and to performing or having performed regular inspections of utility vehicle. Permits contracting agency to delay paying consideration due under agreement to rent utility vehicle until person replaces or repairs utility vehicle that does not meet applicable standards and to seek offset of or reimbursement for labor costs that contracting agency incurs as result of delays to work from utility vehicle that does not meet applicable standards. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires Water Resources Department to establish grant ] program for purpose of sharing cost of remediating reductions in amount of ground water available for domestic personal use in Greater Harney Valley Groundwater Area of Concern due to overallocation of ground water for agricultural use ]. Establishes in State Treasury, separate and distinct from General Fund, Domestic Well Remediation Fund to provide funds for grant ] program. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Water Resources Department for deposit into Domestic Well Remediation Fund. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Allows expanded practice dental hygienist to perform interim therapeutic restoration. Requires agreement between dentist and expanded practice dental hygienist to include expanded practice dental hygienist's scope of practice regarding interim therapeutic restorations. Defines "interim therapeutic restoration." Directs Oregon Board of Dentistry to adopt rules to establish educational and instructional requirements for interim therapeutic restoration and to approve applications from education providers for training courses that meet requirements. Requires certain expanded practice dental hygienists to complete approved training course. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Limits amount that may be paid to outside attorneys hired by state government. ] Directs public university to report annually to Attorney General on university's use of outside counsel for legal matters. Directs Attorney General to report to appropriate committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly on use of outside counsel by universities no later than July 1, 2024. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to seek federal approval of amendment to state Medicaid demonstration project to permit coordinated care organizations to use portion of global budgets to improve health equity, improve overall health of community or enhance payments to providers who advance health equity or provide services improving overall health of community and to allow such expenditures to be counted as medical expenses for purposes of required medical loss ratio ] in coordinated care organization's base medical budget and in calculation of global budget and flexible spending for given year . Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs Legislative Revenue Officer to study property tax reform and report findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to revenue no later than September 15, 2022. ] Authorizes county with population of less than 15,000 to adopt property tax exemption for newly constructed single-family dwellings built and occupied as primary residences by individuals with annual taxable income of not more than $75,000 if filing separately or not more than $150,000 if filing jointly. Requires county to prescribe application forms for precertification process and exemption. Limits new exemptions to no more than five dwellings per county per property tax year. Allows county to determine length of exemption, between three and five years. Prohibits new exemptions for property tax years beginning on or after July 1, 2032. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Updates statutes governing contributions of personal income tax refunds by checkoff. Provides that all charitable and governmental entities that submit applications and that are eligible to receive contributions of taxpayer refunds by checkoff are to be included on schedule of individual income tax return. Replaces system for screening and listing entities that employs eligibility roster and rotation of eligible entities through form listing and instruction listing. Aligns processes for ongoing review of entities included on return with current practice. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2021. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
