Enacts the interstate Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact. Permits the Occupational Therapy Licensure Board to disclose specified information to the Occupational Therapy Compact Commission. Exempts individuals authorized to work as occupational therapists or occupational therapy assistants under compact privilege from the requirement to obtain a license from the board and from restrictions on the use of titles. Allows the board to use moneys to meet financial obligations imposed on the State of Oregon as a result of participation in the compact. Enacts the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact. Permits the State Board of Examiners of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology to disclose specified information to the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Compact Commission. Exempts individuals practicing audiology or speech-language pathology under the compact from the requirement to obtain a license from the board. Allows the board to use moneys to meet financial obligations imposed on this state as a result of participation in the compact. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
HB 3320 requires Oregon's Legislative Revenue Officer to study potential tax benefits for emergency management volunteers, with a report due by September 15, 2026. The bill does not create immediate tax benefits but mandates research into possible options for volunteers who serve in emergency management roles. It expires automatically on January 2, 2027, unless extended by future legislation. This is a procedural study bill with no direct policy changes enacted; it only directs a review of tax benefit mechanisms for volunteers.
Requires the Oregon Department of Emergency Management to study seaport transportation infrastructure resilience. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to emergency management not later than September 15, 2026.
Establishes a task force on the recruitment and retention of case managers and adult protective services workers. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
HB 2103 requires the Oregon State Board of Pharmacy to adopt rules classifying xylazine as a Schedule IV controlled substance. This means xylazine would be regulated under state law as a controlled substance with accepted medical uses but potential for abuse, affecting how it can be prescribed or dispensed. The bill directly impacts the State Board of Pharmacy, which must create specific rules for this classification. It does not change current federal scheduling or address xylazine's use in veterinary medicine. The bill is currently in committee and has not yet been voted on.
Modifies the definitions of and grant requirements for Resilience Hubs and Resilience Networks. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Department of Human Services for providing grants for Resilience Hubs and Resilience Networks. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Establishes the Emergency Behavioral Health Services for Children program in the Oregon Health Authority to promote timely delivery of behavioral health services to children who present to hospital emergency departments in behavioral health crises. Directs the authority to implement up to three pilot programs in three regions with one hospital per region willing to be a Regional Child Psychiatric Center. Allows a center to also open a Child Psychiatric Emergency unit within the pilot region with funding provided by the authority. Sunsets the pilot program on January 2, 2032.
Directs the State Board of Education to adopt by rule criteria by which a school district is required to participate in an intensive program for school districts with the highest needs or may choose to participate in the program.
Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to study higher education. Directs the commission to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to higher education not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to the Clackamas County Children's Commission for a Head Start facility. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires a person that advertises, solicits, markets, sells or offers a health care cost sharing arrangement in this state or enters into a health care cost sharing arrangement with a resident must register with the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services. Specifies the contents required for the application. Requires registrants to file an annual report with the director and specifies the contents of the report. Requires certain disclosures in communications with residents. Punishes a violation of the Act as an unlawful trade practice under the Unlawful Trade Practices Act. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs the Oregon Department of Emergency Management to develop and implement a program to award grants for fairgrounds used as emergency evacuation sites. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
