Requires Public Employees' Benefit Board, Oregon Educators Benefit Board and private insurers to provide insurance coverage to adult disabled children and adult disabled siblings ] of insureds under certain circumstances.
Creates rebuttable presumption that person violated prohibition against retaliation or discrimination against employee or prospective employee if person takes certain action against employee or prospective employee within 60 days after employee or prospective employee has engaged in certain protected activities. Provides that employee or prospective employee bears burden of proof when person takes certain action against employee or prospective employee more than 60 days after employee or prospective employee has engaged in protected activities. Applies to complaints and civil actions filed in which decision or judgment is entered on or after effective date of Act. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Specifies that on-site inspections must be in person for child-caring agencies, proctor foster homes, private residential boarding schools, foster homes, youth offender foster homes, ] health care facilities, home health agencies, residential care facilities, adult foster homes, developmental disability child foster homes, ] hospice programs and qualified residential treatment programs. Authorizes Governor by executive order to allow online inspections during period of statewide emergency. Allows licenses, certificates or other authorizations to be extended for up to six months during period of statewide emergency. After six months, prohibits renewal of licenses, certificates or other authorizations without in-person site inspection. ] Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Makes unlawful employment practice for employer to require employee or prospective employee to possess or present valid driver license as condition of employment or continuation of employment. Requires employer to accept other forms of identification that are deemed acceptable for purposes of federal forms used to verify identification or employment authorization. Permits employer to accept driver license as identification if voluntarily offered by employee or prospective employee.
Modifies provisions relating to providing results of tests to patients.
Prohibits insurance policy or contract that provides coverage for prescription drug to require prescription for drug prescribed for medical assistance recipient to be filled or refilled at mail order pharmacy or to prohibit ] require prescription from being ] to be filled or refilled at local ] pharmacy that is not local and enrolled in medical assistance program . Creates exception regarding specialty drugs.
Provides that it is unlawful for private security provider or entity that employs private security providers to possess or use equipment, vehicles, uniforms or titles that imply affiliation with public or private safety agency. Exempts certain campus security providers.
Establishes exception to prohibition against hearsay evidence, regardless of availability of witness, for certain statements offered against party who engaged in conduct preventing declarant from testifying or causing declarant to refuse to appear or testify. ] Provides that proponent of certain hearsay statements is not required to issue material witness order or seek sanctions for contempt in order to show unavailability of declarant. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Converts Child-Caring Agencies Fund into account in General Fund of State Treasury.
Modifies provisions relating to criminal records checks performed by Department of Human Services and Oregon Health Authority. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Updates terminology and funding provisions related to special education programs provided on local, county or regional basis. Directs Department of Education to conduct study related to special education programs provided on local, county or regional basis and to report results of study to interim committee of Legislative Assembly related to education. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2021.
Modifies laws relating to preference given to veterans in public employment.
