Rep. Phil Barnhart

Directs Oregon Health Authority to establish grant program through which individual who is homeless may obtain certified copy of individual's record of live birth at reduced cost or free of charge. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Health Authority for program expenses. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Requires Secretary of State to ensure that there is at least one official ballot drop site at each public high school and on campus of each school of higher education. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Secretary of State for purpose of hiring individuals to assist with new drop sites. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Requires employer operating certain facility to submit annual materials balance report on facility's input and output of hazardous materials to Department of Environmental Quality. Allows department to adopt rules and impose civil penalty for violation.

Provides that with respect to newborn screening, Oregon Health Authority shall specify that person providing newborn screening may conduct tests for conditions listed on most recent edition of Recommended Uniform Screening Panel by United States Department of Health and Human Services. Specifies that person providing newborn screening shall test for certain condition through implementation of laboratory developed test approved by federal Food and Drug Administration, under certain circumstances. Establishes Review Committee on Newborn Screening for purposes of studying, evaluating and making proposals related to newborn screening. Sunsets committee on December 31, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to conduct study and develop recommendations regarding most effective voter registration methods for students attending public universities and community colleges. Requires commission to submit report detailing recommendations by October 1, 2018. Sunsets January 2, 2019.

Establishes Health Care for All Oregon Board to develop, implement and oversee Health Care for All Oregon Plan to be administered by Oregon Health Authority. Provides comprehensive health care coverage to all individuals residing or working in Oregon. Repeals health insurance exchange upon implementation of Health Care for All Oregon Plan. Supplants coverage by private insurers for health services covered by plan. Authorizes Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board to offer supplemental health benefit plans to employees. Requires public employees to be covered by Health Care for All Oregon Plan. Establishes Health Care for All Oregon Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to Health Care for All Oregon Board. Establishes office of Health Care for All Oregon Ombudsman in office of Governor. Requires Health Care for All Oregon Board to establish Regional Planning Boards to oversee allocation of health resources in geographic regions prescribed by Health Care for All Oregon Board. Requires submission to Regional Planning Board of plans for addition, alteration or construction of health care facility except long term care facility. Authorizes Health Care for All Oregon Board to provide public funding upon request if addition, alteration or construction approved. Transfers to Department of Human Services authority to approve certificate of need for long term care facility. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Health Care for All Oregon Board for purposes of Health Care for All Oregon Plan. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Requires county clerk of each county to develop ballot tracking program that uses electronic mail and telephone text messages to inform participating elector when ballot is mailed to elector, when elector's completed ballot is received by county clerk and whether completed ballot has nonmatching signature or other defect that requires further action by elector in order for elector's vote to be counted. Requires county clerk to regularly inform each elector in county of existence of program and method for signing up to participate in program. Prohibits county clerk from charging fee to elector to participate in program. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Secretary of State for purpose of carrying out program. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Requires Secretary of State, in consultation with Director of Department of Revenue, to conduct study and develop recommendations regarding desirability and most effective method for using tax filings submitted to Department of Revenue to ensure accuracy of addresses of electors contained in centralized voter registration system. Requires secretary to submit report detailing recommendations by September 15, 2018. Sunsets January 2, 2019.

For counties with 35,000 or more electors, increases number of required voting booths and requires specified number of voting booth locations. Requires each voting booth location to permit registered elector to cast ballot, update address information on elector's voter registration file and request and receive reissued or replacement ballot. Requires each voting booth location to be open for no less than eight hours on every weekday and four hours on every weekend day during specified period before election. Requires that each voting booth location be open from 8 o'clock in morning through 8 o'clock in evening on date of election. Permits county clerk to determine location of voting booths and lists guidelines county clerk must consider when making determination. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Secretary of State for purpose of hiring individuals to assist with new requirements. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Congratulates University of Oregon on its academic and athletic achievements.