Allows licensed optometrist to engage in practice of telemedicine. Defines "telemedicine." Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Directs Department of Education, in collaboration with Higher Education Coordinating Commission, to administer Accelerated College Credit Planning Partnership Grant Program to encourage partnerships between school districts and post-secondary institutions of education to offer accelerated college credit programs. Directs Department of Education, in collaboration with Higher Education Coordinating Commission, to administer Accelerated College Credit Partnership Enhancement Grant Program for purpose of enhancing accelerated college credit programs and partnerships. Directs Department of Education, in collaboration with Higher Education Coordinating Commission, to administer Accelerated College Credit Instructor Grant Program for purpose of providing education or training to teachers who will provide or are providing instruction in accelerated college credit programs. Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to study current and best practices to recommend range of content area graduate courses to meet dual credit program instructor qualifications. Directs Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to consult with educator preparation program providers to determine whether providers should provide accelerated learning specialization. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Increases number of premises at which winery licensee may import, process, store and export wine or cider and sell malt beverages, wine and cider under single license .
Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to conduct study to determine what additional actions are necessary to meet 40-40-20 goals. ] Requires commission to report findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to higher education on or before September 15, 2020. ] Sunsets January 2, 2021. ] Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die. ] Renames Oregon Youth Conservation Corps as Oregon Youth Corps. Renames Oregon Youth Conservation Corps Advisory Committee as Oregon Youth Corps Advisory Board. Alters requirements for receipt of vouchers for completion of Oregon Community Stewardship Corps program.
Provides that individual may not be disqualified for unemployment insurance benefits for voluntarily leaving work, failing to apply for available suitable work or failing to accept suitable work, if individual or member of individual's immediate family was victim of conduct that, in determination of Director of Employment Department, more likely than not constitutes crime of intimidation, individual believes that individual or immediate family member could become victim of crime of intimidation ] such conduct or individual seeks to protect individual or immediate family member from crime of intimidation ] such conduct that individual reasonably believes will occur as a result of individual's continued employment or acceptance of work. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Permits health care representative to make election for hospice treatment on behalf of incapacitated principal with terminal condition who does not have valid advance directive.
Permits Office of Child Care to consider any information obtained by office when reviewing enrollment in Central Background Registry. Adds to definition of "exempt prohibited individual," for purposes of five-year prohibition against providing child care, individuals whose certification, registration or enrollment in Central Background Registry has been suspended. Requires opportunity for hearing when office imposes condition on child care facility's certification or registration. Permits office to impose emergency condition without hearing upon finding of serious danger to health and safety of children receiving care. Permits office to conduct inspection or investigation of regulated subsidy facility. Permits office to take evidence, take depositions, compel appearance of witnesses, require answers to interrogatories, compel production of documents, issue subpoenas and inspect facility premises when investigating child care ] regulated subsidy facilities.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to _____ ] specified state agencies for biennial expenses. Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by _______. ] Limits biennial expenditures of _____ from federal funds. ] Limits biennial expenditures by Department of Education from specified accounts. Increases limitation on expenditures by Department of Justice for certain biennial expenses. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2019.
Provides that if person reports commission of person felony to emergency communications system or law enforcement agency, evidence of prostitution obtained as result of making report may not be used against person in prosecution for prostitution or attempted prostitution.
Includes assistant attorneys general among public employees who are prohibited from striking.
Requires boat livery registration for operators of boat liveries. Imposes penalty for failure to register or renew registration. Punishes by maximum fine of $1,000.
Allows student to wear dress uniform issued by Armed Forces of United States during high school graduation ceremony if certain conditions are met. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
