Rep. Darin Harbick

Imposes requirements and restrictions on insurer and coordinated care organization audits of claims for reimbursement submitted by behavioral health treatment providers. Directs the Oregon Health Authority to collaborate with health care providers that provide care to medical assistance enrollees, coordinated care organizations, community groups that advocate for diversity and health equity and health care industry representatives to develop recommendations for processes by which payers audit health care providers' claims for reimbursement. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Directs the Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations to reimburse dental care organizations for dental services provided to medical assistance recipients at a rate no less than 59.8 percent of the average rate paid by insurers nationwide. Directs the authority to annually review and revise the rates. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Maddy summaryHB 2034 removes legal restrictions that previously prevented public charter schools in Oregon from having religious affiliations or being religion-based. The bill deletes provisions requiring charter schools to avoid violating the Establishment Clause or being "religion based" (previously in ORS 338.115(4)). This change allows charter schools to partner with religious institutions or operate with religious elements, while maintaining other requirements like non-profit status. The bill directly affects Oregon public charter schools seeking to establish or operate under new affiliation rules.

Directs the Department of Education to implement a method to be used by school districts and education service districts to record school workplace safety incidents.

Requires an electric company to first acquire a replacement resource of reliable or dispatchable electricity prior to retiring an electric power generating facility that provides reliable or dispatchable electricity. Requires the Public Utility Commission to seek a waiver to, or if unable to obtain a waiver, seek an injunction against, any federal regulations or requirements that impose increasing costs to the maintenance or operation of an electric power generating facility such that an electric company seeks to retire the electric power generating facility. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Directs the Oregon Health Authority to develop and implement a program to award grants to community-based organizations to conduct a public health campaign on the negative health effects of using betel nuts. Requires the Oregon Medical Board and the Oregon State Board of Nursing to ensure that health care providers are trained on the negative health effects of using betel nuts. Directs the Department of Education and the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to ensure information on the negative health effects of using betel nuts is incorporated into curricula. Requires the authority to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to public health no later than December 15, 2026. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Permits a person to operate Class I, Class III and Class IV all-terrain vehicles on highways that are not interstate highways if the all-terrain vehicle meets vehicle equipment standards and the all-terrain vehicle is registered. Directs the Department of Transportation to permit optional registration for Class I, Class III or Class IV all-terrain vehicles if the applicant provides satisfactory proof that the all-terrain vehicle meets equipment standards for highway use.

Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to create the County Review Board, consisting of one representative from each county in this state. Directs the board to meet after each session of the Legislative Assembly to review each legislative Act enacted at the session that is related to land use, natural resources or forestry. Provides that if 20 or more board representatives vote in favor of cancelling an Act, the Act is thereafter null and void. Prohibits the board from considering an Act related to the budget or to taxes or taxation. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election.

Maddy summaryHB 3219 appropriates a specific amount from the General Fund to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to the Oregon Hazards Lab at the University of Oregon. The bill directly affects the lab by providing funding for its operations during the 2025-2027 biennium. This is a procedural funding measure with no substantive policy changes; it simply allocates existing state funds to support the lab's work. The bill is currently under review in the Ways and Means committee.

Prohibits the Department of Environmental Quality from implementing or enforcing the Advanced Clean Trucks regulations before January 1, 2027. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.