Modifies state greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals. Replaces the term "global warming" with "climate change" in provisions related to the Oregon Climate Action Commission. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
HB 3485 modifies Oregon's process for determining if child abuse occurred when school staff use restraint or seclusion on students. It prevents the Department of Human Services from confirming abuse claims against school staff who: (1) were trained per state standards, or (2) were untrained but acted without reckless disregard for safety and the restraint didn't risk impeding the student's breathing. The bill ensures schools remain accountable for staff actions by requiring them to take appropriate employment actions if policies were violated, consistent with collective bargaining and other laws. This directly affects school personnel using restraint/seclusion and school districts responsible for staff conduct.
Provides moneys to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to be distributed to the University of Oregon for purposes of a pilot program training graduate-level students who are learning to become speech-language pathologists to use a family-centered approach when serving children with augmentative and alternative communication needs in a traditional overnight summer camp setting. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for the purpose of providing a grant to the City of Adair Village to construct a wastewater treatment facility. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires the Environmental Quality Commission to contract with a third party to study and determine a greenhouse gas reporting emissions factor for electricity purchased from unspecified sources. Requires the commission to update rules establishing the emissions factor no later than January 1, 2027. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Modifies provisions regarding the use of restraint and involuntary seclusion on certain young people. Modifies provisions regarding investigations of abuse of certain young people. Modifies provisions regarding licensing of child-caring agencies. Modifies provisions regarding out-of-state placements of children in care. Modifies provisions regarding older children in care. Prescribes procedures for parental admission of a minor child for inpatient behavioral health treatment. Modifies provisions regarding when minors may consent or withhold consent to treatment. Establishes the Oregon Institute for Youth Health Systems. Directs the System of Care Advisory Council to submit reports to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to human services regarding implementation of provisions in this Act. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Directs the Oregon Health Authority to assess current fee-for-service billing practices and non-fee-for-service payment pathways for community health workers serving medical assistance recipients to identify improvements for ensuring adequate and sustainable funding. Directs the authority to provide technical assistance to coordinated care organizations , organizations that serve medical assistance recipients who are not enrolled in a coordinated care organization and community health worker organizations in establishing billing structures or alternative payment pathways for community health worker services. Sunsets January 2, 2027. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Requires the Attorney General to adopt and maintain a list of foreign adversaries who are ineligible to receive conveyances of farm or forest lands. Makes unauthorized conveyances void. Requires the State Department of Agriculture to create and publish an annual report relating to foreign ownership of agricultural lands and to deliver copies of the report to the Governor and to relevant interim committees of the Legislative Assembly. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires school districts to develop, review or revise an individualized suicide prevention protection plan for each student who demonstrates suicidal behavior. Directs the Oregon Health and Science University to convene a work group to examine ways to improve individualized suicide prevention protection plans and manage disruptive classroom environments during a behavioral or mental health crisis.
Prohibits public universities in this state from increasing enrollment by more than five percent over the preceding academic year. Requires public universities to refer any application received by the university in excess of the limit on enrollment to the nearest community college and to specified public universities.
Directs the Department of Veterans' Affairs to establish a grant program for court and community care programs providing services to children of veterans and veteran families. Allocates lottery moneys from the Veterans' Services Fund for the program. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Requires the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to study stocking protocols for salmon and other fish. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the environment not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
