Oregon Bills

signed · Oregon · House Aug 15, 2023

HB 2697: Relating to staffing plans for health care provider entities; and declaring an emergency.

Requires hospitals to establish professional and technical staff and service staff staffing committees, meeting specified criteria, to develop staffing plans, in addition to nurse staffing committee. Prescribes methods for resolving disputes arising in development of staffing plans. Establishes minimum nurse-to-patient staffing ratios for direct care registered nurses and provides exceptions. Imposes penalties for failure to adopt hospital staffing plans or to comply with staffing plans or requirements for development of staffing plans. Requires Oregon Health Authority to post staffing plans to authority's website and to establish method for filing complaints through authority's website regarding hospital's failure to adopt or to comply with staffing plans. Establishes mechanism for employees or exclusive representatives of employees of hospitals to seek enforcement by Bureau of Labor and Industries of rules adopted by bureau regarding meal periods and rest periods. Prescribes complaint process. Adds enforcement tools for authority to enforce nurse staffing requirements. Prohibits imposition of new provisions regarding civil penalties for violations occurring before June 1, 2025. Restricts to specified provisions authority's statutory authorization to adopt rules related to hospital staffing. Declares emergency, effective September 1, 2023.

signed · Oregon · House Aug 15, 2023

HB 2732: Relating to child safety; and declaring an emergency.

Modifies allocation formula for grants to children's advocacy centers. Establishes Child Abuse Assessment Account within State Treasury for purpose of grant program for children's advocacy centers. Authorizes Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Program to reallocate undistributed moneys to specified organizations. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Justice for purpose of funding grant program. Limits biennial expenditures by department for grant program from Child Abuse Assessment Account. ] Modifies authority of Advisory Council on Child Abuse Assessment to deposit contributions to Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Account and Child Abuse Assessment Account. ] Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die. ] Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Justice for Crime Victim and Survivor Services Division, for distribution to eligible children's advocacy centers. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

signed · Oregon · Senate Aug 15, 2023

SB 556: Relating to management of resources for benefit of persons in custody of Department of Human Services; and declaring an emergency.

Prohibits Department of Human Services from using specified moneys received on behalf of child in care for maintenance costs. Directs department to maintain separate accounts for each child on whose behalf moneys are received. Specifies types of expenses that may be paid from account. Authorizes department, upon request, to instead pay moneys directly into specified accounts for child's benefit. Creates exceptions. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

signed · Oregon · House Aug 15, 2023

HB 3558: Relating to child care; and declaring an emergency.

Modifies definitions related to child care for purposes of implementation and enforcement. Modifies statutory structure for governance of child care by changing references of Office of Child Care to references to Department of Early Learning and Care. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2023.

signed · Oregon · House Aug 15, 2023

HB 3584: Relating to responses to safety threats in schools.

Directs schools or school districts to provide electronic communication to parents and guardians of students attending, and to school district employees employed at, school at which safety threat action occurred. Prescribes requirements of communication.

signed · Oregon · House Aug 15, 2023

HB 3435: Relating to early learning; and declaring an emergency.

Renames "Oregon prekindergarten program" to "Oregon Prenatal to Kindergarten Program" to reflect changes in purpose of program. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

signed · Oregon · House Aug 15, 2023

HB 3630: Relating to energy; and declaring an emergency.

Directs State Department of Energy to establish program to provide assistance related to energy projects and activities to environmental justice communities. Requires State Department of Energy to develop comprehensive state energy strategy that identifies optimized pathways to achieving state's energy policy objectives. Requires department to periodically update state energy strategy. Directs department to produce report regarding state energy strategy and submit report to Governor and appropriate interim committees of Legislative Assembly no later than November 1, 2025. Permits county to develop and adopt energy resilience plan and incorporate energy resilience plan into county's applicable natural hazard mitigation plan. Requires public utilities to use reasonable efforts to assist with and comply with requests from county for information regarding energy infrastructure, provided information is exempt from disclosure requirements. Directs State Department of Energy to establish program to award grants to counties to cover costs of developing energy resilience plans that meet certain requirements. Sunsets grant program on January 2, 2026. Requires State Department of Energy, in consultation with Housing and Community Services Department, to establish whole-home energy savings program and high-efficiency electric home rebate program. Requires State Department of Energy to create single resource that provides to interested persons information, technical assistance and assistance identifying contractors and financing options, related to available energy efficiency incentives and programs. Requires department to coordinate information and data exchanges between certain entities. Requires entities to use best practices to maintain confidentiality and security of information and data as required by law. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Department of Energy for energy development services and certain expenses. Increases limit on biennial expenditures by State Department of Energy from federal funds. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

signed · Oregon · House Aug 15, 2023

HB 3198: Relating to early literacy; and declaring an emergency.

Establishes Early Literacy Success Initiative. Prescribes purposes and requirements under initiative, including establishment of Early Literacy Success School Grants, Birth Through Five Literacy Plan and Early Literacy Success Community Grants. Repeals Oregon Early Reading Program and Early Success Reading Initiative. Establishes Birth Through Five Literacy Fund and Early Literacy Success Community Grant Fund. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

signed · Oregon · Senate Aug 15, 2023

SB 609: Relating to students' eligibility for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.

Directs Department of Human Services to consider hours worked as graduate assistant as hours worked in employment for purpose of meeting work requirements in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

signed · Oregon · Senate Aug 15, 2023

SB 546: Relating to chemicals used in cosmetic products.

Requires Oregon Health Authority to adopt and maintain list of designated high priority chemicals of concern used in cosmetic products and to periodically review and revise list. Requires authority to post certain information on authority's website. Requires manufacturers of cosmetic products sold in state to include on manufacturer's website notice of certain chemicals used in products, beginning on January 1, 2025 ] 2027 . Bans manufacture, sale and distribution of cosmetic products containing certain chemicals and classes of chemicals in state, beginning on January 1, 2025 ] 2027 .

signed · Oregon · House Aug 15, 2023

HB 2727: Relating to work group to examine expansion of child care facilities; and prescribing an effective date.

Directs Department of Land and Conservation and Development to convene work group to examine strategies for expanding early learning and care facilities in this state. Sunsets work group on January 2, 2025. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

signed · Oregon · House Aug 15, 2023

HB 2294: Relating to pilot projects for firefighter apprenticeship training.

Establishes program within Apprenticeship and Training Division of Bureau of Labor and Industries to make grants to local service districts and local joint committees that develop and administer pilot projects for firefighter apprenticeship training. Directs bureau to report to interim committee of Legislative Assembly on effectiveness and success of pilot projects not later than December 31, 2026. Sunsets January 2, 2027.

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