Authorizes Office of Child Care to maintain information about child care facilities and providers through electronic records systems. Authorizes office to share information with other public entities when sharing information would support health or safety of children in child care. Directs office to maintain website that provides information regarding certified and registered child care facilities and regulated subsidy facilities. Authorizes office to receive and investigate complaints regarding certified or registered child care facilities, regulated subsidy facilities, preschool recorded programs or school-age recorded programs. Authorizes office to share information regarding investigations or inspections with other public entities when sharing information would support health or safety of children in child care. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Modifies provisions regarding schedule by which local public health authorities must submit local plans for applying foundational public health capabilities and implementing foundational public health programs. Directs Oregon Public Health Advisory Board to establish accountability metrics for purpose of evaluating progress in achieving statewide public health goals. Modifies provisions under which Oregon Health Authority distributes to local public health authorities moneys for public health purposes. Modifies provisions under which governing body of county may transfer to state duties of county with respect to public health laws of state. Permits local public health authorities to enter into agreement with Oregon Health Authority under which local public health authority receives state funding for purpose of applying foundational capabilities and implementing foundational programs. Becomes operative January 1, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Authorizes Department of Consumer and Business Services to adopt rules not in compliance with Insurance Code if necessary due to change in federal law or decision by federal agency that Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services determines will cause imminent destabilization of insurance market and risk life or health of state residents. Prohibits department from failing to comply with statutory provisions requiring coverage of specific providers, items, services and essential health benefits and provisions limiting preexisting condition exclusions. Rules adopted pursuant to authority granted by Act may be in effect for no longer than six months. Department must immediately report actions taken to President of Senate, Speaker of House of Representatives and committees of Legislative Assembly related to health, and must report each calendar quarter thereafter. Sunsets July 1, 2019. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Increases required bond amounts for persons drilling wells. Increases application fee for property owner seeking permit to construct, alter, abandon or convert well. Eliminates use of well drilling machine as condition for requiring property owner to obtain permit.
Provides that in calculation of maximum period of commitment for defendant lacking fitness to proceed, defendant must receive credit for each day defendant is held in jail unless defendant is charged with certain offenses requiring mandatory minimum sentences.
Requires financial institutions to participate in data match system established by Department of Revenue to identify assets held at financial institutions by delinquent debtors. Creates crime of misuse by state employee of information shared pursuant to data match system. Punishes by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Authorizes Division of Child Support of Department of Justice to enter agreements to share information relating to hiring of individuals in this state with other divisions of department or with Department of Revenue. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Authorizes court to remove fiduciary, or modify powers or authority of fiduciary, on motion of Long Term Care Ombudsman. Limits disclosure of protected information to amount of information reasonably necessary to prevent or lessen serious and imminent threat to health or safety of resident who is subject of motion. Requires protected information disclosed by ombudsman in motion to remain confidential and subject to inspection only by parties and parties' attorneys. Authorizes court to allow inspection of protected information upon written request and payment of fees or costs. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Establishes requirements under which debt buyer or debt collector that acts on debt buyer's behalf may bring legal action to collect debt. Specifies notice that debt buyer must give to debtor and documents that debt buyer must give to debtor at debtor's request. Makes violation of requirements unlawful collection practice. Requires person that engages in debt buying in this state to obtain or renew license from Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services. Specifies requirements for applying for, issuing and renewing license and conditions under which director may deny, suspend, revoke or decline to renew license. Specifies duties and prohibited conduct for licensee. Permits director to order licensee or person that engages in debt buying to cease and desist from violating Act, impose civil penalty for violation or take other action to remedy violation. Becomes operative January 1, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Establishes Oregon Cannabis Commission for certain purposes, including determining possible framework for future governance of Oregon Medical Marijuana Program. Requires report to interim committees of health and judiciary on possible framework on or before December 15, 2017. Provides that certain marijuana grow sites may transfer up to 20 pounds of usable marijuana to marijuana processor or marijuana wholesaler licensed by Oregon Liquor Control Commission. Modifies provisions setting forth restrictions on number of mature marijuana plants and immature marijuana plants that medical marijuana grow sites may possess. Specifies that marijuana retailers and dispensaries may be located within 1,000 feet of school only if Oregon Liquor Control Commission determines that there is physical or geographic barrier capable of preventing children from traversing to premises of marijuana retailer or dispensary. Abolishes Advisory Committee on Medical Marijuana. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Modifies purposes for which school districts may receive grants to pay for costs incurred by school districts to purchase food produced or processed in state. Expands types of entities eligible to receive grants to assist in paying costs incurred to provide food-based, agriculture-based or garden-based educational activities in school districts. Appropriates moneys to Department of Education for grant programs that allow school districts to purchase Oregon food products and to pay for costs related to food-based, agriculture-based and garden-based educational activities. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2017.
Provides that remuneration paid to certain employee of university with governing board who resides and performs service in United States is deemed includable in employee's taxable income during continuous period of employment with university.
Modifies laws regarding establishment of parentage of child.
