Directs Department of Human Services to accomplish various objectives to improve skills of and provide ongoing support for child welfare services employees. Directs department, in accordance with collective bargaining negotiation process and agreement, to increase amount of compensation paid to employees who provide child welfare services.
Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to establish, by rule, process to ensure that each applicable student at institution of higher education is provided annually with, during student orientation, counseling services that set forth estimate of amount of education loans received, estimate of total amount of education loans student will owe at graduation and estimate of amount student will have to pay each month to service loans.
Creates income tax credit for investment in community gardens and food banks. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2023. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Prohibits state contracting agency from entering public contract with contract price that exceeds $100,000 with contractor that discriminates in providing benefits against employee or employee's dependent on basis of employee's or dependent's actual or perceived gender identity, including identification as transgendered. Becomes operative on January 1, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs Department of Education to identify and adopt procedures for reporting and collecting data related to acts of harassment, intimidation or bullying and acts of cyberbullying.
Renames crime of interfering with an assistance, a search and rescue or a therapy animal to interfering with an assistance, a search and rescue or a therapy animal in the second degree. Expands crime and increases penalties to maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both, if person has certain previous convictions at time of offense. Creates crime of interfering with an assistance, a search and rescue or a therapy animal in the first degree. Punishes by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Increases penalties to maximum of 10 years' imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or both, if person has certain previous convictions at time of offense. Adds crime to list of offenses for which instrumentalities of crime may be criminally forfeited. Specifies costs and expenses included in economic damages for purposes of restitution for conviction of interfering with an assistance, a search and rescue or a therapy animal.
Urges President and Congress to enact and sign legislation that extends certain benefits to Reserve and National Guard units deployed under 10 U.S.C. 12304b that are comparable to benefits received by Reserve and National Guard units under other mobilization authority.
Requires person that engages in business as vehicle repair shop to obtain certificate from Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services. Specifies information, fees and other items applicant must submit to director. Permits director to specify expiration date for certificate and to renew certificate. Permits director to petition court for injunction against person that engages in business as vehicle repair shop without certificate and permits court to impose penalty of not more than $15,000 if director proves by preponderance of evidence that person did not possess certificate. Permits department to inspect certificate holder's facility or premises for specified purposes. Permits director to suspend, revoke, refuse to renew or condition renewal of certificate under certain circumstances. Requires certificate holder to maintain corporate surety bond or irrevocable letter of credit in specified amount. Permits person that suffered ascertainable loss of money or property as result of certificate holder's actions to bring action against certificate holder's bond or letter of credit. Specifies limits on certain recoveries against bond or letter of credit. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to convene work group to advise and assist in implementing targeted outreach and marketing for Health Care for All Oregon Children program. Permits all children residing in Oregon and meeting financial eligibility requirements to enroll in program. Requires authority, in collaboration with Department of Consumer and Business Services if necessary, to seek necessary federal approval or waiver of federal requirements to secure federal financial participation in costs of outreach and marketing and in expansion of eligibility for program. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Establishes Task Force on Family Engagement in Education. Directs task force to submit report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to education no later than September 15, 2018. Sunsets task force on December 31, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
