Clarifies that sexual orientation and transgender status are ] is not considered physical or mental impairments ] impairment and that individual does not have disability solely by reason of individual's sexual orientation . Removes provision that employer may not be found to have engaged in unlawful employment practice solely because employer fails to provide reasonable accommodation to individual for disability arising out of individual's transgender status. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
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Establishes statutory authority for Oregon Psychiatric Access Line program operated by Oregon Health and Science University and financed by Legislative Assembly through appropriations. Requires psychiatrists providing advice to primary care providers through access line to abide ] be informed by guidelines in Practitioner-Managed Prescription Drug Plan or recommended by Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.
Requires prescription monitoring system established by Oregon Health Authority to be accessible to dental director appointed by authority. ] Directs Oregon Health Authority to disclose certain patient information to dental directors for specified purposes. Defines "dental director." Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Authorizes trained and certified ] dentists to prescribe and administer vaccines. Directs Oregon Board of Dentistry to approve training course on prescription and administration of vaccines. Directs board to adopt rules related to prescription and administration of vaccines by dentists. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires person that owns, licenses , has control over or has access to ] or otherwise possesses personal information and ] that was subject to breach of security or that received notice of breach of security from another person that maintains or otherwise possesses personal information on person's behalf, to notify consumer to whom personal information pertains and, if number of consumers to whom person must send notice exceeds 250, to Attorney General. Requires person that maintains or otherwise possesses personal information on behalf of another person to notify other person of breach of security. Requires person to give notice in most expeditious manner possible, without unreasonable delay, but not later than 45 days after discovering or receiving notice of breach of security. Requires person, in providing notice, to undertake reasonable measures necessary to determine sufficient contact information for notice recipients, to determine scope of breach of security and to restore reasonable integrity, security and confidentiality of personal information. Provides that if person must notify consumer of breach of security and with notice person offers credit monitoring services or identity theft prevention and mitigation services without charge to consumer, person may not condition provision of services on consumer's providing person with credit card or debit card number or consumer's acceptance of any other service person offers for fee. Requires person to separately, distinctly, clearly and conspicuously disclose to consumer in any offer for additional credit monitoring services or identity theft prevention and mitigation services that person offers for fee that person will charge consumer fee. Prohibits consumer reporting agency from charging consumer fee or collecting from consumer money or item of value for placing, temporarily lifting or removing security freeze on consumer's consumer report, creating or deleting protective record, placing or removing security freeze on protective record or replacing lost personal identification number or password. Modifies standards for safeguarding personal information. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Establishes Task Force on Addressing Racial Disparities in Home Ownership. Directs task force to compile data concerning levels of home ownership among people of color in this state and identify barriers to home ownership. Requires task force to recommend solutions, including legislation, to modify practices or procedures for mortgage loan applications and approvals to eliminate any impermissible discrimination or barriers. Requires task force to report to Legislative Assembly by September 15, 2019. Sunsets December 31, 2019. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires Chief Education Office to prepare annual report on accelerated college credit programs. Sunsets report requirements on January 2, 2029. Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to develop statewide standards related to information provided by public post-secondary institutions of higher education about accelerated college credit programs. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Removes requirement that students who are not citizens or lawful permanent residents apply for official federal identification document to be eligible for exemption from paying nonresident tuition at public universities. Permits public universities, Oregon Health and Science University and community colleges ] Higher Education Coordinating Commission to provide scholarships and other financial aid to students who are not citizens or lawful permanent residents. Permits Oregon Health and Science University and community colleges ] to exempt from paying nonresident tuition students who are not citizens or lawful permanent residents. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Establishes grant program under which Department of Education awards grants to school districts for percentage of certain student transportation costs for which school district does not receive any amount in distributions from State School Fund or any amount related to transit activities . Takes effect July 1, 2018.
Requires community colleges, public universities and Oregon Health and Science University to provide certain rights to students ordered to federal or state active duty for 30 or fewer consecutive days. Declares emergency, effective on passage.