Establishes regulations for kratom products, including labeling requirements and minimum age for sale. Requires registration of kratom products with State Department of Agriculture. Provides civil cause of action for damages resulting from violation of kratom regulations. Authorizes imposition of civil penalty for certain violations. ] Creates crime of unlawful preparation, distribution, sale or offer for sale of kratom product. Punishes by maximum of 30 days' imprisonment, $1,250 fine, or both. Creates crime of unlawful distribution, sale or offer for sale to individual under 21 years of age. Punishes by maximum of 30 days' imprisonment, $1,250 fine, or both. ] Takes effect on July 1, 2020. ] Directs Oregon Health Authority, Oregon Liquor Control Commission, State Department of Agriculture and Governor's office to collaborate with kratom industry to develop plan to address issues related to regulatory authority over kratom. Requires plan to be submitted to interim committees of Legislative Assembly. Sunsets January 2, 2021. Creates crime of unlawful distribution, sale or offer for sale to individual under 21 years of age. Punishes by maximum of 30 days' imprisonment, $1,250 fine, or both. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Defines terms related to fitness to proceed. Reorganizes and restructures statutes related to fitness to proceed. Modifies procedures and criteria for committing defendant charged with felony to state mental hospital or other facility in order to gain or regain fitness to proceed. Requires court to find that defendant requires hospital level of care due to public safety concerns or acuity of symptoms of defendant's mental disorder, and that appropriate community restoration services are not provided. Modifies procedures and criteria for committing defendant charged with misdemeanor to state mental hospital or other facility in order to gain or regain fitness to proceed. Requires either recommendation from certified evaluator that defendant requires hospital level of care and statement from community mental health program director concerning available community restoration services, or for court to make certain findings concerning severity of defendant's symptoms, present ] public safety concerns and whether appropriate community restoration services are provided. Modifies procedures when circumstances authorizing commitment of defendant no longer exist. Provides that if defendant is charged with felony, superintendent of state mental hospital or director of facility to which defendant is committed may notify court when hospital level of care is no longer necessary. Authorizes community mental health program director to notify court if community restoration services become available for committed defendant charged with felony or misdemeanor. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Allows expanded practice dental hygienist to perform interim therapeutic restoration. Requires agreement between dentist and expanded practice dental hygienist to include expanded practice dental hygienist's scope of practice regarding interim therapeutic restorations. Defines "interim therapeutic restoration." Directs Oregon Board of Dentistry to adopt rules to establish educational and instructional requirements for interim therapeutic restoration and to approve applications from education providers for training courses that meet requirements. Requires certain expanded practice dental hygienists to complete approved training course. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Modifies provisions relating to appraisal management companies. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die. ] Permits Oregon State Veterinary Medical Examining Board, as disciplinary sanction, to revoke, permanently or for fixed-term period, practitioner's license. Requires board to establish by rule schedule of permanent and fixed-term license revocation periods for repeat offenders. Clarifies that board may refuse to issue or renew license for applicant with history of unprofessional or dishonorable conduct, even when applicant meets qualification requirements. Adds pharmacy and drug law violations to definition of unprofessional or dishonorable conduct. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to provide biannual reports to committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health on issues related to financial requirements and financial reporting requirements imposed on coordinated care organizations. Extends to November 1, 2021 deadline for Task Force on Universal Health Care to report findings and recommendations for Health Care for All Oregon Plan and Health Care for All Oregon Board. Prohibits coordinated care organization from withholding information that must be reported to authority on ground that information is trade secret. Prohibits authority from involuntarily transferring coordinated care organization member to another coordinated care organization prior to member's redetermination of eligibility for medical assistance. Specifies exceptions. Exempts certain benefits required by law to be provided by health insurance from implied repeal by operation of law. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Permits students participating in intercollegiate sports to earn compensation for certain services ] coaching and for use of name, image or likeness and to retain professional representation or athlete agent. Prohibits student from entering contract for use of name, image or likeness that conflicts with team rules or contract between post-secondary institution of education and third party, except that team rules and contract between post-secondary institution of education and third party may not prevent student from earning compensation for use of name, image or likeness when not engaged in official team activities. Takes effect January 1, 2023.
Directs State Department of Fish and Wildlife to adopt by rule and administer program for authorizing voluntary projects for stream restoration and habitat improvement through construction of environmental restoration weirs. Exempts authorized projects from removal-fill permit. Exempts authorized projects from fish passage requirements in certain circumstances. Authorizes department to require fish passage as part of authorized project in certain circumstances. Authorizes department to require modification of environmental restoration weirs if found to adversely impact transportation infrastructure or planned transportation infrastructure. Authorizes department to require third-party monitoring of authorized projects. Provides that certain riparian work as part of authorized project is not subject to riparian management requirements under Oregon Forest Practices Act. Requires department to adopt rules establishing program in time for rules to become operative no later than one year after effective date of Act. Requires department to submit, no later than December 31, 2026, report to interim committees related to environment and natural resources of Legislative Assembly on extent and impact of program. Requires department to submit, no later than September 15, 2031, report to interim committees related to environment and natural resources of Legislative Assembly on environmental and economic impacts of program ] assessments of conditions of qualifying streams affected by authorized voluntary projects and make recommendations for legislation. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires Department of Consumer and Business Services to investigate methods for collecting information about rebates and markups used in pharmaceutical supply chain and to report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly recommendations for collecting information. Authorizes department to access, use and disclose data from all payer, all claims database under specified conditions. Modifies increase in price of prescription drug that triggers pharmaceutical manufacturer's obligation to report data under Prescription Drug Price Transparency Act. Requires prescription drug manufacturers to respond promptly to requests by department in administering Prescription Drug Price Transparency Act. ] Allows department to disclose information about consumers' notifications of increases in prices of prescription drugs but not personally identifiable information about consumers. Modifies membership of, charge to and reporting requirements for Task Force on the Fair Pricing of Prescription Drugs. Extends sunset of task force to December 31, 2022. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Modifies definition of "sexual conduct" for purposes of requirements for education providers related to abuse of and sexual conduct toward students. Modifies confidentiality requirements related to documents, materials and reports produced by Teacher Standards and Practices Commission and Department of Education when conducting investigation related to licensed school employee, contractor, agent or volunteer. Requires members of education service district board to be mandatory reporters of abuse of children. Provides that, for school years prior to 2021-2022 school year only, school districts are not required to comply with requirement that students in grades six through eight participate in physical education for entire school year. Provides that public education provider may hold executive session in certain instances involving allegations of sexual violence, sexual conduct or sexual harassment by public officer, employee, staff member or individual agent of public education provider. Provides for remuneration paid to certain employees of public charter school who reside and perform service in United States to be treated as if remuneration were includable in employee's taxable income during continuous period of employment with public charter school. Allows certain schools to continue to qualify as remote small elementary school or small high school and to receive additional distribution from State School Fund for 2020-2021 school year only. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Removes requirement that physician assistant practice under supervising physician. Requires physician assistant to enter into collaboration agreement with physician, podiatric physician or qualified physician assistant. Defines "collaboration agreement. ] Requires supervising physician, or supervising physician organization, to enter into practice agreement with physician assistant in order to use services of physician assistant. Prohibits Oregon Medical Board from requiring minimum number of hours during which supervising physician must be physically present to provide supervision. Requires that physician assistant have appropriate access to supervising physician. Requires physician assistant who prescribes and dispenses prescription drugs to maintain specified records and follow specified prescription labeling requirements. Becomes operative January 1, 2021. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Limits cost-sharing for health benefit plan coverage of insulin prescribed for treatment of diabetes.
Requires insurer to mail or deliver notice of cancellation of automobile insurance policy at least 30 days before effective date of cancellation. ] Provides that insurer's cancellation of automobile insurance policy is not effective unless insurer mails or delivers notice of cancellation to named insured at least 30 days before effective date of cancellation, if policy or coverage has been in effect for 60 days or more, or at least 10 days before effective date of cancellation if cancellation is for nonpayment of premium or if policy or coverage has been in effect for less than 60 days. Requires insurer to include statement of reasons for cancellation under specified circumstances. Applies to vehicle liability policies issued on or after effective date of Act.
