Directs Department of Transportation to waive driving privilege reinstatement fee if driving privileges were suspended for failing to pay fine ] certain traffic offenses . Sunsets January 2, 2023. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Authorizes Health Licensing Office to issue license to practice genetic counseling to qualified applicant. Defines "genetic counseling." Prohibits unlicensed use of "licensed genetic counselor" title and practice of genetic counseling. Provides exemptions to prohibition. Allows office to impose discipline for certain violations. Requires licensed genetic counselor to refer patient as necessary to appropriate licensed health care practitioner for diagnosis and treatment. Requires licensed genetic counselor to practice genetic counseling in culturally and linguistically appropriate manner. Directs office to provide administrative and regulatory oversight to genetic counseling program. Imposes civil penalty for violation of licensure requirements. Becomes operative January 1, 2022. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Establishes office of Taxpayer Advocate in Department of Revenue. Establishes functions, powers and duties of office. Authorizes Taxpayer Advocate to issue order directing action by department if taxpayer experiences significant hardship due to administration of tax laws by department. Requires Taxpayer Advocate to report biennially on operation of office to committee of Legislative Assembly related to revenue. Becomes operative January 1, 2022. Directs magistrate division of Oregon Tax Court to order attorney fees if opposing party disobeys court order or makes assertion without objectively reasonable basis. Allows attorney fees in cases involving transit self-employment taxes. Applies to judgments entered on or after effective date of Act. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs education employer to provide materials and assistance to eligible employees concerning public service loan forgiveness program. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires coordinated care organization, health care provider or health insurer to collect from patient, client or member data on race, ethnicity, preferred spoken and written languages, disability status, sexual orientation and gender identity. Establishes civil penalty for violation. Requires Oregon Health Authority to establish data system for receipt and storage of specified data. Requires authority to report every two years, beginning on June 1, 2022, on collection of data to appropriate interim committees of Legislative Assembly. Directs authority to administer grant program to provide funding to support safe data collection by specified organizations. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Renames Health Care for All Oregon Children program as Cover All People program and expands eligibility to adults who would qualify for Medicaid-funded state medical assistance program but for their immigration status. Allows Oregon Health Authority to restrict eligibility to specific categories or groups of individuals to stay within legislative appropriation for this biennium. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs Oregon Health Authority and specified professional regulatory boards to require licensees regulated by authority or board to complete six hours of ] continuing education related to suicide risk assessment, treatment and management every six years ] at specified intervals and to report completion of continuing education to authority or board. Allows authority and boards to establish minimum requirements that licensee must meet to be exempt from requirement to complete continuing education. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Permits Office of Emergency Management to enter into agreement with nonprofit organization representing sheriffs under which organization is authorized to administer program to produce and sell outdoor recreation search and rescue cards. Establishes requirements for agreement. Provides that organization may use revenues from program only to reimburse administrative costs and expenses, to reimburse county sheriffs' offices for certain costs relating to search and rescue and to issue grants for search and rescue purposes. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires Secretary of State to create and make publicly available list of five most common languages spoken, other than English, by residents of state and of each county. Requires Secretary of State to ensure state voters' pamphlet and county voters' pamphlet are translated into each listed language and to make translated voters' pamphlets available on state and county websites. Requires voters' pamphlets to include, in each listed language, website address for translated voters' pamphlet. Requires Secretary of State to include in translated state voters' pamphlet translation submitted of candidate statement, argument for or against state measure and argument for measure prepared by Legislative Assembly. Establishes Translation Advisory Council. Requires Secretary of State to consult with council to ensure translations of voters' pamphlets are conducted professionally, culturally responsively, accurately and to standard of original version. Applies to voters' pamphlets distributed on or after June 30, 2022. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Secretary of State to carry out Act. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires school district that is making reductions in educator staff positions to retain teacher with less seniority if teacher has more merit and if retention of teacher is necessary to maintain school district's diversity ratio ] release of teacher would result in lesser proportion of teachers with cultural or linguistic expertise . Declares emergency, effective on passage.
